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6. Millions of Europeans cannot avoid the continent-wide truth that ‘we are all in the same boat'.

7. But first, the EU needs to deliver.

1. Why do you think the author uses an extended metaphor in which he compares a “new” European to a new species of animal?

2. What does the idea of a European identity imply?

3. What arguments are usually used to support the opinion that European integration has failed?

4. What facts prove that many people embrace the idea of a common Europe?

5. What has led to the growing distrust of the EU and its institutions?

6. In what way has the euro zone crisis brought the European nations together?

7. What makes the author optimistic about the prospects of forging a common European identity?

Unit III. EU at the Crossroads

1. Do you share the author's optimism?

2. Do you think a common identity can be based on shared economic obligations?

3. What shapes a national identity?

a) the future of European integration

b) the rise of populist nationalism in Europe

c) the feasibility of forging a common European identity

B. Compile a list of Topical Vocabulary necessary for the discussion of the issues (to be shared in class).

1. not excluding any section of society or any party involved in something

2. a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared

3. failing to convince or impress

4. a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part

5. (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely

6. a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something

7. the state of being protected from unpleasant influences or experiences

8. the act of imposing something unpleasant on smb

9. to make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe

10. to guide the movement or course of

11. to be or cause to be balanced or suspended (figurative)

12. the reluctant acceptance of something without protest