The formation of a European identity in jeopardy? - The impact of Turkish European Union accession negotiations
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2009-10-15T10:05:58Z
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Shine, Declan
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The following research report will look at efforts that have been made by EU elites to
forge a European identity since its inception. In this light, this research report will
evaluate whether there has been steady support for a European identity among EU elites
and EU citizens in the different EU member states and thus assess whether the possible
accession of Turkey into the EU, a Muslim country, has jeopardised its formation. This
research study will be explained by investigating various theoretical traditions on how
national identities emerge within the nation-state model and show that Constitutional
Patriotism is the approach that EU elites have decided to take in identity formation at the
EU level.