Kovalchuk T. Cultural factor of the European integration (by the example of the European Union).

The thesis covers the issues of character and intensity of the cultural factor's, its influence on the dynamics of the European integration, by the example of the European Union the role and value of the cultural factor is portrayed as one of the main preconditions for the formation of the United Europe. The author also defines the evolution of conceptual basics of cooperation in the cultural sphere in the international integration groupies, major tendencies, principles and tools of the EU's cultural policy realization. The cultural factor was the major prerequisite for the progress of the European integration, as well as ensured the foundation for cultural, economic, social and political convergence of the European nations, and exerted its influence on deepening of the integration processes, which, in effect, plays the role of the tool for forging the sense of cohesion among Europeans.