European Identity
European Identity in Europe
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Description of European identity
The Concise Publication of the European Union describes european identity in the following terms: [1] The European identity as a political goal had been inherent from the early post-war years in the thinking of Jean Monnet, Walter Hallstein and others. It was first set out formally at a summit meeting of heads of government in 1973, shortly after the UK's accession. It envisaged a Union open to other European countries, with a common market, common institutions and a common policy in relation to third countries. It thus contained many of the central themes later enshrined in the Single European Act of 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam. The phrase sometimes contains a faintly imperialistic tone, as in the Maastricht Treaty's objective that the EU should 'assert its identity on the international scene'.
In ordinary life, the European identity has come to be associated with the various emblems and symbols by which the Commission has sought to influence people with a view to persuading them of the appeal (and the inevitability) of a federal Europe (see more in this European publication). These include the European anthem, the European passport, the European driving licence, European citizenship,twinning, the European flag and the ubiquitous 12 stars displayed on every project part-funded by the EU: and, above all, the single currency.
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Based on the book "A Concise Publication of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein", by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)
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