How not to (mis)understand political identity in the European Union. -- The problem of identity and legitimacy in the European Union: is more politics the answer? -- Europe as a narrative network: taking the social embeddedness of identity constructions seriously. -- European identity and support for European integration. -- Do the powers exerted by the EU need a legitimacy based on the citizens' European identity? -- Three European constitutionalism and their respective legitimacy requirements: explaining the longue duree stability of the EU polity. -- False expectations: the counterproductive side effects of the EU's use of political symbols. -- Gaining European legitimacy and identity through unlocking the public spheres of nation states: the case of the Netherlands. -- Mirrors of us: European political identity and the others' image of tthe EU. -- Public visibility and citizen participation: the Europeanization of foreign policy debates in the British and German public spheres. -- Debating identity and legitimacy in the EU: concluding remarks.

1. European Union countries -- Politics and government
2. Constitutional hisotry -- European Union countries
3. Legitimacy of governments -- European Union countries
4. European federation
5. European Union