Globalization

So in class we've been talking a bit about the future of Europe. With the progression of globalization in modern times, I suppose that one could argue that soon the culture and people the define specific European countries will be so integrated that the distinctions between those European countries would be indistinguishable. I just really don't see this happening. While globalization DOES mean that countries are very integrated and interconnected, and it does imply a continuation and intensification of such integration, I for one believe that nationalist sentiment will prevail. I think that European countries are keen on maintaining their own identities--that there is a certain pride in what is Italian, Spanish, French, etc, and that these countries are too proud to forfeit their cultural gains. While there was the establishment of the EU and the implementation of the Euro as currency in many European countries, the countries that became members of the EU and who adopted the Euro as their currency did not lose a piece of their own identity, all that they did was strengthen the European identity as a whole.