Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,0, Free University of Berlin (Center for Global Politics), course: European Politics, language: English, abstract: Many different “Europes” exist at the same time. The term "Europe" has multiple uses. Last but not least, a lot of factors come together and intertwine: common religion, culture in terms of a shared history, political tradition etc. Depending on the perspective, special concepts of Europe are applied with all their positive or negative side effects.