Britain and European Union: Dialogue of the Deaf - Couverture souple

Beloff, Lord

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0333671929 ISBN 13 : 9780333671924

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1996

Synopsis

The forefathers of the European Union, led by Jean Monnet, hoped to create a 'United States of Europe' with national sovereignties subordinated to a federal government. Few in Britain shared their dream. Yet Britain abandoned her aloof stand of 1950, and eventually joined the European Communities. Lord Beloff asks whether the key figures - Harold Macmillan, Sir Edward Heath and Harold Wilson, knowingly deceived the electorate into thinking that entry could be combined with the country's independence of action and historic constitution, or whether they thought that they could persuade continental statesmen from inside of the merits of a much looser structure. The actions and words of Lady Thatcher and John Major are scrutinised with this same question in mind, as are Labour's oscillations under Gaitskell, Wilson and Foot before plunging wholeheartedly into Eurofederalism under Kinnock and Blair. The key theme which emerges is of mutual misunderstanding between Britain and the continent, due to basic differences of outlook and interest, which have guaranteed continual controversy throughout our involvement in Europe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333671929
• ISBN 13: 9780333671924
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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