Abstract:

Up to the present time, the European Union (EU) is a regional community with the highest degree of integration all around the world. And it is also the organic combination of the governments and super-nations. The reason why European integration has been such a success is closely related with the European history and cultural traditions. Common cultural roots, common religion and common values provide a broad humanistic background for the European integration, which has a profound impact on the process of integration. Integration in itself is a process to construct a collective identity, among which cultural identity is the steadiest. Thus, strengthening the common European idea and European value to forge real European cultural identity is an important goal of further integration in Europe. Only if the EU is based on a cultural identity will it be able to have lasting vitality. The construction of European cultural identity is not plain sailing, which requires the Europeans’ creation with intelligence. The EU is carrying on the construction of cultural identity in the internal and external form.

Keywords: Cultural identity; European integration; Construction

摘  要：

目前,从世界范围看,欧盟是迄今为止一体化程度最高,且实行着政府间合作和超国家合作有机组合的区域共同体。欧洲一体化之所以取得如此巨大的成就，同欧洲的历史和文化传统密切相关。共同的文化渊源，共同的宗教信仰，共同的价值观念，为欧洲一体化提供了一个广阔的人文背景，深刻地影响着一体化的进程。一体化本身就是一个建构集体认同的过程,而文化认同是其中最具稳定性的认同。因此,加强共同的欧洲观念、欧洲价值,形成真正的欧洲文化认同是欧洲进一步一体化的重要目标。只有建立在文化认同基础上的欧盟，才有持久的生命力。欧洲文化认同的形成并非是一帆风顺的,它需要欧洲人用智慧去创造,欧盟正在通过对内对外的形式进行欧洲文化认同建构的努力。

关键词：文化认同；欧洲一体化；建构

1 Introduction
At present, the highest level of regional integration in the world—the European integration has gone far beyond the original expectations. The EU is the first and the only successful supra-national bodies and institutions in the world until now. Common cultural roots, common religious believes and common values provide a broad humanistic context for the European integration, which has a profound impact on the process of integration.
Cultural homogeneity in many European countries makes it easier for people to form identical or similar ideas, customs, social norms and collective identity. It also makes it easier for Europeans to take coordinate actions. European cultural identity establishes the foundations of psychology and culture for European citizen to accept the European reality of the political and economic unification. Only if the EU is based on a cultural identity will it be able to have lasting vitality.