I would think, however, that European nations are losing their individual identities by embracing a multicultural approach to racial and cultural relations. Other European peoples are losing their cultural identities or see them as threatened: not just the Sicilians, but the Roma or "Gypsies," the Basques, the Britannians in northwest France, the Czechs...there are numerous studies of the loss of Europe's cultural mosaic. As the European Union becomes more prominent in Continental affairs, there has been concern about how much individuality will be allowed to its member states in favor of a sort of commonality. The implementation of the Euro is one of the more noticeable steps toward this commonality.
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Date: 2005-04-14 01:55 am (UTC)