European Identity & National Identity: Constructing a We

I look at some of the attempts by the European Union to create a sense of a shared European Identity. Can symbols and events be used to try to legitimize the EU or will national identity always be stronger? Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources: Jacobs, D. and Maier, R, European Identity, Construct, Fact and Fiction, http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~dijacobs/belgacom/europa.pdf Schilde, K. E. (2014), Who are the Europeans?. J Common Mark Stud, 52: 650-667. doi:10.1111/jcms.12090 Smith, Anthony D. "National Identity and the Idea of European Unity." International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) 68, no. 1 (1992): 55-76. doi:10.2307/2620461. European Identity: Symbols to Sport, http://aei.pitt.edu/10610/1/10610.pdf Kantner, Cathleen. “Collective Identity as Shared Ethical Self-Understanding: The Case of the Emerging European Identity.” European Journal of Social Theory 9, no. 4 (November 1, 2006): 501–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431006073016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnTFxOHZafs&t=1454s Credits: Footage provided by: © European Communities, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1976, 2003 © European Union, 2018 Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net What Does Anybody Know About Anything by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/