CULTURAL IDENTITY CHALLENGED BY EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP

Sorina Maria RATZ

CULTURAL IDENTITY CHALLENGED BY EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP

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Sorina Maria RATZ¹

¹ MA, PhD Student, Babeș Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Doctoral School of International Relations and Security Studies

Corresponding author: [email protected]

Accepted 27 March 2026

Available Online 15 August 2014

Abstract

THE EU CONTEXT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND COMMUNICATION, AND ENABLES THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TYPES OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AT LOCAL/REGIONAL LEVELS. IDEAS ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALITY HAVE BEEN GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS A BASIS FOR THE EUROPEAN TYPE OF INTEGRATION. IS IT POSSIBLE TO REMAIN OPEN, TOLERANT, INVOLVED BUT STILL APPRECIATED AND RECOGNIZED AT THE SAME TIME IN ORDER TO KEEP YOURSELF DIFFERENT? LARGELY ENABLED BY THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE EU, IT SEEMS THAT THIS PARTICULAR CULTURAL SPACE, EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, HAVE ENTERED IN A PROCESS OF STABILIZATION THROUGH THEIR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. THUS, BEING IN THIS TRANSITION PROCESS, HOW CAN WE PREVENT THIS NEW OPEN COMMUNICATION IN DILUTING THE NATIONAL CULTURAL VALUES? EUROPEAN CULTURAL POLICIES SHOULD CREATE THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS, WHILE USING EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP AS AN INSTRUMENT TO PROTECT PLURALITY AND DIFFERENTIATION, B UT STILL ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL IDENTITY, BY INCREASING INTERCONNECTIVITY AND BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES. IS THIS THE RIGHT PATH IN ENSURING THE ENVIRONMENT OF A EUROPEAN MULTICULTURALISM AND DIVERSITY, WHILE PRESERVING NATIONAL VALUES AND CULTURE?

Keywords

MULTCULTURALISM CULTURAL SPACE EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP CULTURAL

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