A Cultural Unity For the Common European Project

This article analyses the impact of the process of european integration on the cultural unity of the european union (eu). the most powerful outcome underpinning the international significance of the eu has been the establishment of a remarkable set of institutions, together with the political practices above and beyond the tradition framework of the nation-state. this has given an impression that the eu has developed into a fully functioning political system. certainly, the shape and structure of the union has been determined by a distinctively multicultural character, with still a strong continuity of traditions, whilst in reality it displayed highly homogenous countries. in piecemeal fashion, the road to a common european culture, along which the union seems to travelling, has closely associated with the formal and less formal aspects of the system of its institutions. there is a sense of a commitment of the institutions of (national) governments of the member states to the eu system that is yet to be attended. in cultural terms, the upshot of such a commitment neccesitates to elaborate the process of european integration. this is a sophisticated way of looking at the evolution of the eu system in an enlarged europe brings with it a corresponding european political culture.