by Simon Parais : Student, Elizabethtown College PA, USA / European Studies Department Daniel Berzsenyi College


17/01/2005

Introduction

Political Dimension

Economic dimension

Cultural and social dimension

Conclusion

Cultural and social dimension

8. Moral values

Some argued that European and American interests differ and that the fall of communism was the litmus test of the transatlantic relations between the EU and the U.S. however, basic common values like democracy, freedom, free market, and constitutionalism resulted in stronger relations in many fields. The difference before and during the crisis in 2010 was not about core values such as above, they were more about the way in which both sides thought foreign and international policy should look like (European mulilateralism vs.American unilateral action).

 

9. Education

A key element behind these varying values was the lack of understanding each other’s intentions and culture. This is why the European Union decided to put education on its agenda as a core policy. The EU tripled the number of so called EU Centers in the U.S. by 2015 and under the initiative ‘The Europe of Knowledge 2020’ hundreds of thousands of euros were used for the creation of a life-long learning facilitating European area. With the completion of the Bologna process, students can study in different universities and are being exposed to experience diversity which is the key element to understand other cultures.

Simon Parais
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA, USA
NOVEMBER 2004