IRMO Brief 05/2023 - Cultural Policies as European Union’s Tool of Soft Power

Culture is a complex term which encompasses various areas of human activities in a society. There are many different definitions depending on the perspective of their creators, but all of them agree that culture covers a wide range of fields of human expression which are common to a group of people considered as a collective.
The subject discussed in this paper will be the role of culture and cultural heritage within the European Union (EU).

The cultural heritage of Europe is a mosaic of different traditions and expressions including natural, built, and archaeological sites, museums, monuments, artworks, historic cities, literary, musical, and audio-visual works, as well as knowledge, practices, and traditions of European citizens. The cultural richness and diversity of Europe are strongly associated with its impact in the world and with its position within the international community.

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