This article aims to examine the association between the representations of Europe and the level of European identification. Using a qualitative methodology, 36 Europeans, from the Free Movement Area, were interviewed from a life course perspective. The findings support the thesis that representations of Europe are a factor to explain European identification. Individuals that show a higher level of identification tend to see a similar European culture and/or to associate Europe with a set of Civic values (human rights, freedom, non-violence). When individuals tend to emphasise cultural diversity (multiculturalism) and/or the instrumental features associated with the EU project (the free movement) they tend to show a weaker identification. Thus, a typology with six types of Europeans is proposed: Transcendent, Symbolic-Stateless, Affective, Floating, Citizen, and Associative.

本文旨在研究欧洲代表制与欧洲认同水平之间的关联。使用定性方法，从生命历程的角度对来自自由流动地区的36名欧洲人进行了采访。这些发现支持了这样一个论点，即欧洲代表制是解释欧洲认同的一个因素。具有较高认同度的个人倾向于看到相似的欧洲文化和/或将欧洲与一系列公民价值观（人权，自由，非暴力）联系起来。当个人倾向于强调文化多样性（多元文化主义）和/或与欧盟项目相关的工具特征（自由流动）时，他们倾向于表现出较弱的认同感。因此，提出了一种六种欧洲人的类型学：超然，无状态的象征，情感，