The idea of the unification of Europe in the rearview of history

Starting from the assumption that, before being an economic, legal and political reality, the current European Union is distinguished by its vast historical and cultural heritage of the peoples that make up it, as well as the centuries gone by, this article treats the European unification project through the solid support of the unity of religious, intellectual and cultural traditions, the way of life of the nations that form, in their diversity, the European common space. It is argued that, beyond the peculiarities and ruptures of the European project, history has built up, if not a consciousness of affirmation, at least made it possible to reach common traits lived as such by many inhabitants of the old continen