Identity is an intersubjective process in terms of constructivist and post structuralist perspective but at the same it can be analysed within the context of functionalism and integration theories refer to Deutsch and Etzioni's studies. They take the issue depend on the horizantal ve vertical integration processes and success of this process to form a common identity

I think that the biggest challenge for the European Union is the formation of a common European identity, as the French citizen still identifies himself as French, and the same is true for other countries, the matter is much more complicated than just the trend towards establishing a common identity, it is linked to the issue of the transfer of values ​​and loyalty from the state To the institutions of the European Union.

No doubt that national identity dominates over the EU identity in all the EU countries today. However the tendency is also clear and the EU identity is getting stronger. Who knows, maybe in some 50-100 years there will be the same EU identity as the USA identity today as it becomes the United States of Europe )

Mehmet Emir ,

The reasons for the emergence of the European Union and its position now, in 2020 have completely diverged.

If the appointed bureaucrats of the European Union hope that they can deny the national identities of member states by trying to create a new identity, they will only dig their own graves. This only helps to grow extremist parties and tendencies in all individual countries. Not only the problem of identity, but also an independence and a process of European union structuring that takes away the authority to prevent and make decisions.

From commercial and economic co-operation to today’s EU ( United States of Europe ) with its own flag, anthem, currency, its own central bank, its court of law over the laws of member states, and this has caused a backlash from the beginning to respectful nationals of respectable countries who rely on their national identity, currency, parliament, laws and courts.

The EU, which is anti-democratic, oppressive and will have an oligarchic structure when it creates its own army, does not have much life left. These are the reasons why Britain's exit from the EU was voted no to the EU in the referendum.

Erkan Yusuf Bulut True, the EU has certain problems, also concerning its goals and identity, but to call it oppressive and soon-to-be oligarchic? You cannot be serious!!!

If you want to have a great model of an anti-democratic state, I would refer you to the contemporary Turkey. Mr Erdogan does not seem to hold democracy in high esteem. In fact, he does not hold it in any esteem whatsoever.

This is a matter of generations and a futuristic query as Andrii O. Boiar rightly opined. At the moment, the EU is a political project, which has to stand the test of time. Its current philosophy as a benevolent technocracy will not be enough to merge the different mentalities of its citizens into a higher social cohesion, i.e. the European spirit (e.g. humanism, enlightenment, reformation) is paramount for this to happen.

The EU Identity is more for economic advantage, while social and national identities will remain and cannot be completely wiped off.

EU identity comes from EU country membership. It is all about politics and economy! Can anyone say that British are not Europeans, even they have not EU identity since today? I am European, even my country, even Serbia is not the member of EU.

Can Science Define our Identity?

Who am I? Most of us ask the question at critical stages or during periods of major upheaval in our lives, as in puberty. Or when we are passed over for a promotion. Or after the loss of a job. The question always refers to the individual, even though the answer has two dimensions: me as a person, and me as part of a group. Without doubt, in our quest for answers we are seeking something that makes us unique and different from the “other”. By implication, we also assume a certain component of constancy or “sameness” in who we are, otherwise we would remain uncertain about our nature...

Philosophers and social scientists have been hampered by inability to define what is meant by “identity” because they have been unable to clarify the term “sameness” on which the definition depends. Science is now able to determine precisely what is meant by “sameness” in the individual and in the group. It can, therefore, define identity...

https://www.euroscientist.com/can-science-define-our-identity/

These issues are perfectly implemented in the European Union. It required many years of system transformation and the unification of market functioning standards, homogenization, and standardization of many other issues. The beginning of the EU was the commodity market community, the coal and steel union. The final phase of this process was the introduction of the common, international currency, the Euro. The processes of mutualising and unifying the standards of market functioning are being gradually improved. The processes of standardization, homogenization, system unification in non-economic issues also progress, sometimes slightly slower than economic issues, but also progress. On the other hand, if in other economic regions of the world, i.e. outside Europe, analogous Economic Unions of common, unified standards for the functioning of many markets will emerge, these processes, especially in terms of standardization, homogenization of culture, mental, ideological, social and other processes may, however, act differently than in the EU, because each region of the world, each continent is different in many respects, and these differences have historical roots, including cultural, civilization, mental and other roots.

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Identity is about a discursive and social construction process having common danger, common enemy and common fear in order to produce otherness to produce common behavioral patterns that EU members do not have, so national identity is still the most important thing and UE will sustain itself as a common interest and common utilitarian structure

This is unusual story!

A fantastic tragicomedy could be written around the fact that the citizens of Croatia have chosen Nikola Tesla as one of the figures who will be featured on Croatian euro banknotes. Unquestionably, this case clearly shows that anything is possible in the bizarre back-and-forth between Croatian and Serbian nationalists, but, more importantly, it also shows that they actually agree on everything. In this particular case, both are dissatisfied with the fact that Tesla will be depicted on the euro banknotes...

https://pescanik.net/nationalization-of-nikola-tesla/