EU-Identity and the European Other

Collective identities are widely understood as emerging crucially in the demarcation from an outgroup Other. This article will discuss the current state of the European Union, the attempts to create a positive identity based on shared values and a common history, and, particularly, the danger of the emergence of a negative identity due to the hitherto failure of the EU's identity project. The guiding
question will be: Is the European Union likely to create a negative Other and what will it look like?