MULTICULTURALISM OR CIVIC INTEGRATION. DAILY CHALLENGES AND FOUNDING TARGETS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SPACE
MULTICULTURALISM OR CIVIC INTEGRATION. DAILY CHALLENGES AND FOUNDING TARGETS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SPACE

Summary/Abstract: The issue of national minorities and the so called „new minorities” are, inthe process of European construction, one of the most important aspects that Europeancountries have had to manage. Learning about and researching minorities, for them totransmit knowledge and experience to young people through education, have become anessential pillar of European values on the construction of an intercultural society based ondirect and indiscriminate cooperation and collaboration between ethno-religiouscommunities. It is known that European legislation and practice promote the idea of livingtogether in the sense of social value consisting in accepting otherness, good understandingof the various ethnic groups within the same local communities and openness tocommunication and cooperation. Nowadays Europe is faced with the dilemma ofmulticulturalism versus civic integration aiming to examine which model would be thebetter choice in the given circumstances that European public space became a geopoliticalenvironment that is experiencing a new institutional arrangement between nation states anda new paradigm of coexistence of the cultural differences. After a brief interpretation of thekey terms, we will focus on the financial instruments, which aim is promote the integrationof traditional and new minorities in the European society.

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