https://policymaker.net/tags/european-identity/ Recent content in european identity on Policymaker.net Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://policymaker.net/2026/04/09/christianity-secularism-and-european-identity/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://policymaker.net/2026/04/09/christianity-secularism-and-european-identity/ When the drafters of the EU Constitution debated whether to include a reference to Europe’s Christian heritage, the argument was not really about religion. It was about which version of European identity would be enshrined as foundational — the one rooted in a specific civilizational tradition, or the one that emerged from Enlightenment universalism by bracketing that tradition. Secularism won, officially. But the question it was designed to close keeps reopening.