Abstract
This paper deals with conceptual and practical questions related to EU involvement in the migrant integration agenda. Firstly, we ask how the concept of integration can be defined for the purpose of EU law.
Which kind of incentives and support for member states action shall be considered? Which different fields of law are involved? Secondly, we will look at concrete EU competences in the area of migrant integration? In some fields of integration law the EU has quite important competences which go far beyond mere incentives and support for Member States. However, in some other fields the role of the EU is rather weak.
In this paper we express scepticism towards the diffusion of the ideology of cultural diversity and multicultural societies by means of EU actions plans and project funding. On the other band, EU migration and asylum law as a crucial part of the area of freedom, security and justice will not function properly without an effective coordination of national integration policies.