Jedność europejska: wizje i sposoby urzeczywistniania integracji
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2012
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
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European unity: visions and ways of implementing integration
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The idea of European unity is a political challenge that has been addressed in various
forms since the states started forming in the vicinities of the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. In the
course of history European integration has evolved to face the challenges of a) merging, crossing
and diffusion of cultural patterns represented by different local, regional and supra-
regional communities; b) the submission or conquests of regions by empires and
imposing defined patterns of cultural life on them; c) the reinforcement of the continental
identity vis à vis other civilizations, in particular Asiatic ones; d) the guarantee of safety for
states and nations as well as the promotion of the ideas of liberty, the rule of law,
self-governance and democracy. In creating the spiritual unity of Europe, the repertoire of values
developed by the cultural life of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as Judeo-Christian
communities, is commonly referred to. European identity is characterized by a division into
cultural and political identification.
The idea of European unity is both an intellectual, and a theoretical-doctrinal concept, oriented
at the broadest range of cultural and civilizational integration of the continent, as well as
a concrete political and economic undertaking. At present, particular significance is attached
to the attitude of public opinion when implementing it. The Union’s integration is an aspect of
numerous implementation projects which depends on the support and legitimization of public
opinion.
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Przegląd Politologiczny, 2012, nr 2, s. 7-20.