ABSTRACT
The quest for European Union (EU) citizenship has often been depicted as a project requiring the adoption of a European identity; this is the route the Commission originally appears to have had in mind as a prerequisite to the development of a European polity and an answer to eurosclerosis. This chapter focuses on the accounts of a range of students who have taken part in Erasmus student mobility in a variety of universities across the EU. Erasmus, aptly a forum for linguistic acquisition and enhancement, is a fitting communicative space, even if the Commission often appears more driven by the utilitarian goals it has in mind for polyglot young EU citizens. Whilst the list of countries participating in the Bologna Process is not the same as the list of Erasmus Programme countries, there is considerable overlap, and in both cases the list is considerably longer than that of EU Member States.
