Das Sein bestimmt, nicht der Fußball. Eine europäische Betrachtung über Fußball, Integration und Bewusstsein

Have the European football competitions fostered a European consciousness and European identity? There are unmistakable parallels between the political and economic integration of Europe and the history of European football competitions, but these do not suffice to answer this question in the affirmative. In the run-up to the World Cup, whose slogan is ”A Time to Make Friends”, the author discusses integration issues emanating from the naturalisation tests of Federal German Länder from an educational-policy standpoint.