The Challenge of Democratic Education in the European Union

Abstract

hen East European countries joined the European Union, linguistic and cultural diversity increased, and generated new conflicts even as some attempt was made to use diversity to build a stronger democracy and develop Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC).2 In recent decades, such problems have been sharply exacerbated by the largest inflow of refugees ever to sweep over Europe. Languages are being promoted3 while they pose a serious challenge when some people are denied the right to keep their na-