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legislaturethatfundamentallyaffectsforeignrelations.Thisresultsfrom
theadoptedpre-eminenceoftheEUlawovernationallaws(Mayer,2007,
p.91).Inthisrespect,Europeannationssharethesamereferencepointinbuild-
ingtheirEuropeanidentity.
ForeignrelationsinEurope
havebeentransformedby
legaldecisions,withthe
adoptedprincipleofpre-
eminenceofEUlawover
nationallaws
Law
Culturalidentityisshaped
level.TheEuropeanUnionstr
culturaldiversityofEurope
turaldiversityasaspecific
thatculturaldisparityisnotabar
essofcreatingtheEuropean
Eventsthatsurpassnation
asNapoleonwarsorindustrialrevolution)
areperceivedandremem
innationalcontext
Historymemoryofp
ofEuropean
Categories
identity
Culture
Europeantraitmeans
.Perceptionofcul-
identity
alborders(such
onethnic,national
beredtypically
astevents
ivestomaintain
rierintheproc-
EuropeanUniondesigneddetailed
andspecificstructuresandadminis-
trativeprocedures.Valuesandacti-
vitiesoftheEUinstitutionsarean
importantelementoftheEuropean
identityandacommonreference
pointforEUsocieties
InstitutionsandtheConstitution
Figure2.CategoriesoftheEuropeanidentity
Source:Mazurek-Łopacińska,Sobocińska(2007).
WhatistheroleofPolandinbuildingtheEuropeanidentityandwhatare
theeffectsofthatroleonPolishinitiativesontheEuropeanmarket?Polesenter
theEuropeanUnionwiththeirloadofculturalheritageshapedoveralong
periodofnationalhistory,markedbyterribleconflictsandtraumaticexperi-
ences.Thisheritagestronglyaffectsourperceptionoftheworldaswellasour
systemofvalues.Ofgreatimportanceherearealsotheeconomicdeterminants
whichinfluenceourvaluesystemthroughdeterminationofneedhierarchy.
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