The New Europe
European Identity in the 21st
Century
Defining Identity
European Identity
Whats
creating European Identity according to TR
Reid?
Why
Europe? Why now?
Havel:
When I pose to myself the query, to what extent do I feel
European? my first thought is, `why didnt I ponder it a long time ago? Was it because I regarded it of no
importance, or was it something I simply took for granted?
I have the feeling I would have looked ridiculous if I had
written or declared that I was European and felt European. Such a declaration would have appeared
pathetic and pompous.
(Havel,
as quoted in Giddens, 2014: 150, speech to the European Parliament,
8 March 1994)
So why ponder this question
now? At the Fin de sicle of the 20th Century?
Constructivism: Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities
Turbulent and Mighty Continent (2014)
European Identity as the anti-dote to nationalism
David Held and Kyle McNally on OpenDemocracy
**Not all believe cosmopolitanism is where Europe is heading
e.g., Taras
Xenophobia the by-product of globalization, increased migration
Europe needs an Other
All identities are defined by exclusivity
Evidence of European Identity
Eurobarometer 71 (2009): The Future of Europe
Eurobarometer 2012: Report on Citizenship
What do Europeans feel they have gained from the EU?
How much impact does the EU have on your living conditions?
What could create a closer feeling of community among EU citizens?
Eurobarometer 2008: 35 Years of Eurobarometer
Trust in European Institutions Overtime
Creating Europeanness
Science, Genealogy and Europeanness: My Big Fat European Family
Nationalists Strike Back
