Unity and diversity in European culture [articol]

Abstract

The author studies the role played by the national culture in the present day European cultural context. The European institutions have to solve, among other problems, the problem of European identity versus national identity. The findings show that the cultural dimension in the European Union is taken into consideration both by the Council of Europe and the European Commission and that different measures were taken to respect and to promote the diversity of European cultures, to bring the people of Europe together and to increase the sense of a European identity. The author analyses the cultural diversity in Banat, Romania, an example of the assimilation of the cultural values keeping at the same time its specific value and identity.