How the Refugee Crisis changed the conception of European identity

... the first in the last decades, events such as the refugee crisis tend to reinforce a communitarian approach to European identity. Indeed, a renewal and reinforcement of identity politics has become more visible recently, with people identifying to one culture, religion or ethnicity. In Europe, the renewed visibility of religion can be seen as an effect of immigration, which brought less secularized populations[7] to the continent. But it also shows the importance of religion in society and politics more generally....