European Union and colonialism remaking: Shaping Europeans through intercultural dialogue

Abstract

The proliferation of migrants in the European Union implies an increase in the number of cultures and nations whose views may not be in line with those of Europe. In this regard, the issue of engaging in intercultural dialogue as a tool for regulating a common living environment and meeting the interests of both Europeans and others arises. Based on this, the study aims to analyse the role of intercultural dialogue in the process of formation of Europeans, their cultural values and interaction with other citizens. The study used the analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalisation, and abstraction methods. As a result, intercultural dialogue is an important method of communication between people across cultural boundaries. Thus, approaches based on mutual empathy and non-domination between representatives of different nations prevail in the European Union. The study has identified ways of implementing intercultural dialogue between its participants through the discourse developed by the European Union in the field of politics and education. It is established that Europeans express their a priori historical existence, but do not encroach on the views and rights of other people who are different from them. The paper proves that subjects who do not consider themselves to be Europeans form a multicultural environment within the European Union. The results obtained can be used in the development of regulatory and legal documents to regulate relations between social groups in multicultural communities, as well as to address the problem of cultural interaction between them