European Union

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The EU, Cultural Diversity, and the Death Penalth
European Union



The European Union’s influence in world affairs is on the increase. The process of integration, the launch of the euro and the progressive development of a common foreign policy are all providing the European Union with political and diplomatic status to match its undoubted economic and commercial clout.


The European Union is currently engaged in its most ambitious enlargement ever. The aim is to reunite the European continent and thus to consolidate peace and democracy and enable its peoples to share benefits of progress and welfare generated by European integration.
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The European Union has many different cultures that are included under it’s name. Although there is much cultural diversity, the European Union tries to keep and maintain common goals and values while at the same time having each country keep it’s own distinct and personal identity.



In Spring 1997 nearly 8 in 10 EU citizens held the view that it is a good thing for any society to be made up of people from different races, religions, and cultures.

The idea of citizenship also implies a shared cultural identity.

We often read or hear about how individualistic our society has become. Yet survey results indicate that Europeans are still very interested in their fellow citizens. More than 9 in 10 EU citizens feel that it is extremely or very important to help others and to value people for who they are. Furthermore, more than 8 in 10 Europeans believe it is important to be involved in creating a better society. These societal values are strong in each of the 15 member states.



This concern for the respect of human rights worldwide is matched by renewed efforts to prevent any deterioration of standards inside the Union itself. This is partly being achieved through a charter of fundamental rights to provide a comprehensive code of common values with the ...