The topic of the cultural policy, cultural transition, cultural identity, multiculturality, etc. is an increasingly important topic of today, which is dealt with by many people and it will be the topic of this graduation thesis. There will be a discussion about the endeavors of the European Union to make mutual cultural policy with the emphasis on cultural diversity and all the problems met in the strive for the cultural policy to live properly. Contracts, documents, programs and strategies are indispensable since they had been the pioneer to building up the cultural policies with special emphasis on the Maastricht contract, Lisbon contract, European agenda for the culture, Strategy Europe 2020, as well as the not less important project the European capital of culture. The last mentioned is especially important in carrying out the cultural policy of Europe, whose main goal is to point at cultural wealth and diversity of European cities. The thesis is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter the terms of the cultural policy and cultural transion will be discussed, as well as the position of Croatia within the context of cultural transition and the strategy of cultural development. In the second chapter the cultural policy of the European Union will be discussed, with special emphasis on the historical aspect, as well as the documents and programs which had contributed to building up the cultural policies. The third chapter is about the term of the multiculturality and models of the Croatian multiculturality. The references used in this thesis refer mainly to the European Union and its cultural policy, and these are mostly books, studies, articles as well as the resources available on the Internet and deal with the domain of this topic. The conclusions brought about in this thesis refer mainly to the fact that the impact of the European Union on the long-term cultural policy and the mentioned documents, contracts, strategies, programs etc, has made progress, but it is inevitable to mention that even today, in mostly all the cultural programs, the economic potential of the culture is essential.