Memory policy in the European Union as a tool for the implementation of the integration process

The concept of the policy of memory today is one of the key elements of modern European political discourse. In many ways, one can view it as a continuation of a more comprehensive policy of soft power, and even as an element of a hybrid war. The main function of the policy of memory is the integration of the European society with the aim of creating a single pan-European view of the past. The author assumes that the implementation of the policy of attracting the attention of Europeans to specific historical events will affect their picture of world and will contribute to the growth of their European identity, the level of which is currently extremely low. The inclusion of Eastern European states into the European Union, which proclaim the necessity of changing the official memory policy in favor of including the events of the post-war history of the countries located to the east of the Iron Curtain, influenced particularly strong the European memory policy. The study of technologies of the policy of memory and its content becomes more relevant than ever.