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.
