What are the common points and contrasts between national identity and European identity

Abstract

The national identity and the European identity - National identity is well-established and no one would try to challenge it; the European identity is still a theoritical concept which the European institutions are still working on. According to Shore, ?national identity derives from a deep-rooted sense of ethnic community whereas European identity appears as a relatively superficial and ineffectual force: a utopian dream of intellectuals and idealists with little chance of mobilizing mass consciouness'