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Essay / European Identity Essay - 860
Regionalism, on the other hand, is more of a sense of identity created and implemented by institutions, hence my feeling that identity is manufactured. In the case of Europe, I believe that regionalism has definitely won the hearts of nationals. Their politics helped build them and their growing economy continued to plan for their future as a European Union. Nationalism in the EU has deteriorated due to lack of interest in its preservation. The EU has for decades seen a major influx of immigrants and countries have been unable to show their identity to new arrivals, leading to a significant mixing of cultures and languages without any loyalty towards the country, I would dare to say it. that there is no majority feeling of patriotism. The error is that by breaking the basis on which an identity was built and a new one is created, there is nothing for it to find any support, reason to believe that a well-constructed identity can yet prevail, suffice it to say that I think regionalism will overtake nationalism; if the foundations are not maintained, they will open the doors for institutions to create new