2408-9338Research result. Sociology and Management2408-933810.18413/2408-9338-2022-8-1-0-32690SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL LIFE<strong>Migration and new European dimensions of Bulgarian identity</strong><strong>Migration and new European dimensions of Bulgarian identity</strong>NakovaAlbenaNakovaAlbenaalbena_nakova.manolova@abv.bgInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000, Bulgaria, Sofia, 13A Moskovska St.20228100

In the articlechanges in the national identity of Bulgarian citizens under the influence of active migration processes within the European Union (EU) are traced and the process of formation of a supranational (European) identity that has begun is substantiated.The results presented in the article refer to only one region of Bulgaria &ndash; the VelikoTarnovo region, since this is a region in which a population of exclusively Bulgarian ethnic origin is concentrated, which makes it possible to observe in a purer form the processes of transformation of the Bulgarian national identity.The results of the survey show that despite all the changes that the national identity undergoes, it continues to be the leading one for the self-identification of Bulgarian citizens at the present stage of the development of society, although there are already signs of the formation of elements of a supranational identity (&ldquo;citizen of Europe&rdquo; and &ldquo;citizen of the world&rdquo;).On the other hand, empirical results show that when transformation becomes a permanent feature of society, it often leads to the fact that instead of forming a supranational identity, reverse processes of localization and regionalization are observed, which leads to the formation of local identities.The results obtained at the local level, in the VelikoTarnovo region, confirm these conclusions.

In the articlechanges in the national identity of Bulgarian citizens under the influence of active migration processes within the European Union (EU) are traced and the process of formation of a supranational (European) identity that has begun is substantiated.The results presented in the article refer to only one region of Bulgaria &ndash; the VelikoTarnovo region, since this is a region in which a population of exclusively Bulgarian ethnic origin is concentrated, which makes it possible to observe in a purer form the processes of transformation of the Bulgarian national identity.The results of the survey show that despite all the changes that the national identity undergoes, it continues to be the leading one for the self-identification of Bulgarian citizens at the present stage of the development of society, although there are already signs of the formation of elements of a supranational identity (&ldquo;citizen of Europe&rdquo; and &ldquo;citizen of the world&rdquo;).On the other hand, empirical results show that when transformation becomes a permanent feature of society, it often leads to the fact that instead of forming a supranational identity, reverse processes of localization and regionalization are observed, which leads to the formation of local identities.The results obtained at the local level, in the VelikoTarnovo region, confirm these conclusions.

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The article was prepared within the framework of the project &ldquo;National and European dimensions of the modern identity of Bulgarian citizens&rdquo;,funded by the Research Foundation of the Republic of Bulgaria, grant № KP06-H50/6/11/30/2020.

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