ABSTRACT
According to much of the relevant literature, Europe is ‘adrift,’ being ‘invented,’ and ‘rediscovered,’ while there is an ongoing ‘search’ for a European identity. Such an identity is frequently discussed in the context of nationalism and globalisation, as well as from European perspectives (Delanty, 1995; Leonard, 1998; Mundy, 1998; Newhouse, 1997; Shore, 1993). There is a general consensus that the leaders of Europe can offer the people no deWnite direction and no overriding shape or plan for Europe in the new millennium. For politicians, the external inXuences of globalisation of markets, Wnance, and consumer culture are making the future difWcult to control, while internal pressures regarding security, employment, and integration make the future difWcult to predict.
