Regionalismo e identidades colectivas: la experiencia europea

This article analyzes the ways in which current integration processes within the European Union influence the formation ofidentities in Germany, Great Britain and Trance. Following a histórica! discussion of identity formation processes in each country, the author argües that European integration exercises distinct types of influences upon collective identities in the three nations, in the sense that “Europeaness” is absorbed and interiorized in different ways. Although the article condudes that supranational and national identities can coexist,given that strong linkages are apparent between the two, competition between distinct levéis of identity also constitutes a challenge to thefurther deepening of regional integration.