ABSTRACT
A united Europe today is less interesting for philosophers, ethnologists, psychologists, or pedagogues but possibly more interesting for economists, politicians, and creators of new legislation. Confrontation between the processes of globalization and integration has led to a rethinking of the complex, substantial, theoretical, and methodological issues of citizen, citizenship, civil society, and citizenship education. Lisbon Treaty aims to overcome the traditional understanding of citizenship as a national citizenship characterized by an active citizen participation in addressing the already common social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental issues. Education is one of the pillars of supranational institutions such as the United Nations and its agency, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), that attempt to draw the attention of the young generation to problems of poverty and inequality. Cross-curriculum topics are compulsory elements of educational programs that usually evolve through the contention of different educational areas.
