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Building Europe: A History of European Unification
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Abstract Relying on internal sources, Wilfried Loth analyses the birth and subsequent development of the European Union, from the launch of the Council of Europe and the Schuman Declaration until the Euro crisis and the contested European presidential election of Jean-Claude Juncker. This book shines a light... view more
Relying on internal sources, Wilfried Loth analyses the birth and subsequent development of the European Union, from the launch of the Council of Europe and the Schuman Declaration until the Euro crisis and the contested European presidential election of Jean-Claude Juncker. This book shines a light on the crises of the European integration, such as the failure of the European Defence Community, De Gaulle's empty chair policy, or the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, but also highlights the indubitable successes that are the Franco-German reconciliation, the establishment of the European common market, and the establishment of an expanding common currency. What this study accomplishes, for the first time, is to illuminate the driving forces behind the European integration process and how it changed European politics and society.... view less
Keywords
Europe; European integration; EU; European Policy; EC; EEC; European Parliament; European Commission; monetary union; EU expansion; eastwards expansion; constitution; historical development
Classification
European Politics
General History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
485 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424812
ISBN
978-3-11-042481-2
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0