A CULTURAL UNITY FOR THE COMMON EUROPEAN PROJECT

Year 2013, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 87 - 101, 01.12.2013

Gönül Oğuz

Abstract

This article analyses the impact of the process of European integration has had on the cultural unity of the European Union (EU). The most powerful outcome underpinning the international significance of the EU has been the establishment of a remarkable set of institutions, together with political practices above and beyond the tradition framework of the nation-state. This has given an impression that the EU has developed into a fully functioning political system. Certainly, the shape and structure of the Union has been determined by a distinctively multicultural character, with still a strong continuity of traditions, whilst in reality it displayed highly homogenous countries. In piecemeal fashion, the road to a common European culture along which the Union seems to travelling has closely associated with the formal and less formal aspects of the system of its institutions. There is a sense of a commitment of the institutions of (national) governments of the member states to the EU system that is yet to be attended. In cultural terms, the upshot of such commitment necessitates to elaborate the process of European integration. This is a sophisticated way of looking at the evolution of the EU system in enlarged Europe brings with it a corresponding European political culture.

Keywords

European Union , culture , integration , modernisation

ORTAK AVRUPA PROJESİ İÇİN KÜLTÜR BİRLİĞİ

Abstract

Bu makale Avrupa bütünleşmesi sürecinin Avrupa Birliği‟nin (AB)
kültür birliği üzerinde yaptığı etkiyi analiz etmektedir. AB‟nin uluslararası
önemini destekleyen en güçlü sonucu siyasi uygulamalar ile birlikte ulusdevlet
geleneği ötesinde ve üstünde dikkate değer bir dizi kurumların
kuruluş olmasıdır. Bu, AB‟nin tam olarak işleyen bir siyasi sistem haline
geldiği bir izlenim vermiştir. Elbette Birliği hâlâ güçlü bir süreklilik
gelenekleri ile birlikte, ayırt edici şekil ve yapısını birçok kültürlü karakteri
belirlemiş iken gerçekte son derece homojen bir ülke görünümündedir. Görünüşte adım adım ortak bir Avrupa kültürüne doğru alınan yol kurumlar
sisteminin resmi ve daha az resmi yönleri ile yakından ilişkilidir. Üye
(ulusal) devletlerin henüz katılacağı AB sisteminin kurumlarına bir bağlılık
duygusu vardır. Kültürel açıdan sonuçta bu kararlılık Avrupa bütünleşme
sürecini ayrıntılı incelenmesini gerekli kılmaktadır. Bu genişlemiş
Avrupa'daki bir Avrupa siyasi kültürüne karşılık gelen AB sisteminin
evrimine entellektüel yönünden bakılmasıdır.

Keywords

Avrupa Birliği , Kültür , Entegrasyon , Modernleşme

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