What is "europatriotism"

Europe has over 710 million inhabitants, including 508 million in the European Union. The European Union economy is comparable in size to that of the United States. However, European culture never led to a geopolitical unit, in the way that national cultures influenced the creation of nation-states, and European integration co-exists with national loyalties and national patriotism, as evidenced by Eurobarometer surveys on European identity and pride. Early expectations that people would "become European" and gradually abandon their national identity, have not materialised. On the contrary, a specific hostility to the European Union developed: euroscepticism. There is no comparable 'europatriotism' directed towards the EU, much less the entire continent.

Pan-European identity generally competes with national identity. 1999 Eurobarometer surveys show that only 6% in the EU combine feeling European with their national identity. The European Union has made some attempts to increase identification with 'Europe' (meaning the EU itself), and has introduced some European symbols, but this was never as intensive as the promotion of national identity in the nation-states. Individual 'Europatriots' have designed nation-state like symbols such as 'The Great Seal of the European Union'