Introduction: Krzysztof Michalski The Work of the Reflection Group on the Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe Bronislaw Geremek (Warsaw) Thinkin about Europe as a Community Kurt Biedenkopf (Dresden) “United in Diversity”: What Holds Europe Together? Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (Freiburg) Conditions for European Solidarity Heather Grabbe (London) What Hope for Solidarity in the Enlarged Union? Janos Matyas Kovacs (Vienna / Budapest) Between Resentment and Indifference—Narratives of Solidarity in the Enlarging Union Jacques Rupnik (Paris) The European Union’s Enlargement to the East and Solidarity Kurt Biedenkopf, Bronislaw Geremek, Krzysztof Michalski and Michel Rocard What Holds Europe Together? Comments Samuel Abrahám Needed but Uncertain Cohesion Giuliano Amato On the Spiritual and Cultural Dimension of Europe Rainer Bauböck Intersecting and overlapping European cultures Ján Carnogurský It is Necessary to Believe in Europe Ute Frevert Does Europe need a cultural identity? Ten critical remarks