Tożsamość europejska w kryzysie – stan badań i perspektywy dalszego rozwoju

European Union in majority of its dimensions is in crisis today. Since 2008 the problems amass, be it in economy, fi nance or politics and policies. These seem to be of utmost concern for the majority of European policy makers. What is being overlooked, however, is that the European social space suffers of a certain unrest that has been not witnessed before in all the history of European integration. People of Europe less and less identify themselves with European project. Long lasting efforts to build a certain common European identity among it’s peoples seem to bring about unforeseen results in their comeback to national or local identities. In this article I assess what was scientifi cally done on the matter of European identification and what has to be done to advance it’s development.