The purpose of this article is to explore the features and structures of the European integration as a cultural project bringing into focus the German cultural policy. The cultural policy within the European framework endows the EU with a sense of solidarity based on identity, becomes the foundation of the European project. Germany playing a leading role in integrating the Europe is unique amongst the nations of the EU in the sense that it is federally organized and decentralized. The cultural policy of Germany is largely anchored in the cultural democracy which takes account of equal access to cultural life. But there is a conflict between the efforts to consolidate \'Bürgerrecht Kultur\' and the development of cultural policy founded on liberalised economy. (ÀÌÇÏ »ý·«)