Abstract:

The European community has formed a common socio-cultural space based on recognition of a common legal, administrative and cultural reality, while maintaining the connection of citizens with national states in the European countries. The methodology of the study is based on an awareness of the changes that have taken place in the perception of the concept of "identity" under the influence of challenges caused by migration processes, political populism and radicalism. The consequences of information and technological influences on the global transformations of society and governance are generalized. The dialectical method reveals the essence of "European identity" and multiculturalism, which are considered as a socio-cultural phenomenon in their direct interconnection and interdependence at the national and integration levels. The arguments have been provided in favor of the assumption that migration processes, the strengthening of right-wing radical ideas and organizations, and associated with them crisis phenomena, are not evidence of the flaw or weakness of the idea of ​​multiculturalism. Instead, the humanistic potential of the latter in European countries is capable of overcoming these crisis phenomena and promoting a harmonious development of European society and governance.