National and European Identity

Scholars of the European Union (EU) are very interested in the concept of EU identity (Cram, 2009). The identity of the "European Union" can now be identified, but there is still a contradiction between the domestic identity and the common European identity. It can be explained by data from the European framework and other sources. As Anderson (1991) said, there is no contradiction between Europe and the nation state, "The country is the first, but Europe is also the main emotion of the people.

This article is divided into several sections. The first part analyzes the identity of Europe from a historical perspective and the next section discusses the state of identity of Europe and the identity of the citizens with the common identity of Europe and the third part discusses the new European identity and the new I will present the formulated recommendation. A short history of efforts and progress for the EU to establish a common identity, and finally, in the fifth part of this article we will explain various aspects of EU citizenship.

The level of national identity in Europe reveals the formation of supranational national identity of the returnees. Contrary to our initial hypothesis, immigration experience had little or no impact on the European level of Latvian immigration. The living experience of other European countries has considerably strengthened the belonging sense of Latvia rather than promoting the formation of supranational identity. This is related to Hedetoft 's conclusion that it is psychologically simple to identify himself psychologically through a narrow community with a relatively clear boundary and cultural tradition, but the EU project is a territory (EU Expansion process) and provides considerable ambiguity about tradition and value. Open understanding

Affiliation of national consciousness? There are three hypotheses about the European aspect of the national identity of Latvian immigration. First, considering that the experience of immigration control, in most cases, the recipient country is a member of the European Union, it will strengthen the European aspect of the identity of that country. Secondly, the cultural identity of Europe is rooted in the pre-war period (the first era of Latvian independence from 1918 to 1940) and it is very strong. Third, due to several factors, the political identity of Europe is fairly weak: the EU is considered a geopolitical alliance similar to the former Soviet Union; the EU's political arena is separated from national policy ; Latvian politicians have limited opportunities to influence EU level politics. Decisions that contribute to Latvia, adequate understanding of European institutions, decision making process, etc. In general, low confidence in political power