Culture Problem is becoming the hightlight of the research on the process of the European Union into integration. Based on the study of the policy trend of the culture diversity during the process of the European Union into Integration, the thesis tries to find out the reasons and give the preliminary answers concerning the relations between the culture diversity and the process of the European Union into Integration. To put the culture research in the particular process of the integration of the economy and politics, the thesis carries out the substantive and comprehensive study of the relations among the culture, the economy and the politics. At the same time, it clearly shows that the culture is very significant to the Asia Pacific Cooperation. All these are the features and the innovations of the paper.The thesis includes the following four parts:The first part concerns about the history background of culture diversity during the process of the European Union into integration. The history of culture diversity experienced three stages: enlightening stage, initiating stage and developing stage. At the stage of conception, The European Union realized the importance of culture and worked out some regulations on culture diversity but there was no common policies about culture diversity. At the initial stage, the European Union began to consider the inner motivity in the process of integration and advocate respecting the culture in each individual country and area and to prepare laws on culture diversity. At the stage of developing, the EU treats culture as economy and politics equally getting rid of the way of treating culture only from the angle of economy, and put the culture diversity into its limits of functions and powers taking it as one of its strategetic aims and tusks.The second part gives details why culture diversity should remain in the European Union There are not only history reasons, but also realistic reasons; not only internal reasons, but also external reasons. It is the result of many factors. Culture diversity derives from and grows up in the process of the development of Europe. The State's interests are in great consideration when regulating the culture diversity. The nature of nations is the most material reason to stipulate culture diversity. The social thoughts are the internal stipulus to develop culture diversity. The invasion of American culture is external stipulus to affect culture diversity.The third part details the principals of guardlines and policies of culture diversity during the process of the European Union into integration. Both developing the culture of Europe and also the cultures in different countries and different districts are main principals of the European Union. And what's more, the EU develops its member's native culture in every country and area by blazoning forth the EU culture events. The policies are very clear on the industries of Video&Audio, the protectionof culture inheritance, books, reading and culture development.The last part focuses on the positive effect of culture diversity during the process of the European Union into integration. Culture diversity endows Europe power and energy and stimulates the development of Europe. Culture diversity is of strategic significance to the integration of the European Union. Culture diversity is the contemporary practice of the Thought of Balance Force in Europe. It promotes the changes of the public's ideas, makes the public agree to and accept the cooperation under the background of culture difference. Culture is relatively independent and culture diversity may become the factor of procrastination.The purpose of the paper is to supply the systematic explaination regarding to the positive effect of remaining the culture diversity during promoting the integration of Europe.The key points of the paper are to make it clear that culture diversity is potential and long term factor to affect the development of economy and politics by synthetic study of culture, politics and economy. |