Building Europe: A History of European Unification
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.
“An enlightening work. A required reading for all who doubt the unfinished history of Europe.” – Rolf Steininger, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“This book will become an indispensable standard work.” – Jörg Himmelreich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

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Building Europe: A History of European Unification
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.
“An enlightening work. A required reading for all who doubt the unfinished history of Europe.” – Rolf Steininger, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“This book will become an indispensable standard work.” – Jörg Himmelreich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

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Building Europe: A History of European Unification

Building Europe: A History of European Unification

by Wilfried Loth
Building Europe: A History of European Unification

Building Europe: A History of European Unification

by Wilfried Loth

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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.
“An enlightening work. A required reading for all who doubt the unfinished history of Europe.” – Rolf Steininger, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“This book will become an indispensable standard work.” – Jörg Himmelreich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110577259
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 11/07/2017
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 494
Product dimensions: 9.06(w) x 6.10(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Wilfried Loth, Universityät Duisburg-Essen



Wilfried Loth, University of Duisburg-Essen

Table of Contents

Abbreviations vii

Prologue: Churchill's Congress 1

Four Driving Forces 1

The Struggle for the Congress 8

Negotiations and Decisions 13

A Milestone 18

1 Foundation Years, 1948-1957 20

The Struggle over the Council of Europe 20

The Emergence of the Coal and Steel Community 28

The Drama of the EDC 36

The Difficult "Relance" 53

The Negotiations on Euratom and the European Economic Community 62

2 Formative Years, 1958-1963 75

The European Commission 75

The Struggle over the Free-Trade Area 83

The Construction of the Common Market 90

Fouchet Plans and British Membership Application 101

Accession Negotiations and Franco-German Treaty 108

The Success of the Economic Community 117

3 Crises of the Community of the Six, 1963-1969 123

Erhard's Relaunch 123

Hallstein's Offensive 132

The Crisis of the "Empty Chair" 138

The Time of the Arrangements 147

The Return of the British Question 155

France on the Way to Turning 162

4 Expansion and New Perspectives, 1969-1975 170

Turning Point: The Summit in The Hague 170

The Completion of the Common Market 177

The First Enlargement 183

The Project of Monetary Union 195

Political Cooperation 204

Crisis and New Beginning 213

5 Consolidation, 1976-1984 222

The Path to Direct Elections 222

The European Monetary System 229

Expansion to the South 242

The Defense of Détente 251

Thatcher, Genscher, and Colombo 261

6 The Era of Development, 1984-1992 271

The Single European Act 271

The Internal-Market Project 281

The Project for an Economic and Monetary Union 289

European Security and German Unity 300

The Path to Maastricht 310

7 From Maastricht to Nice, 1992-2001 323

Implementing the Monetary Union 323

The Northern Expansion 336

The Way to Amsterdam 342

Security and Eastern Policy 356

The Nice Complex 367

8 Constitutional struggle and Euro Crisis, 2001-2012 372

The Eastward Enlargement 372

The Constitutional Treaty 384

From Prodi to Barroso 393

The Constitutional Crisis 404

The Euro Crisis 417

Conclusion: The Future of the Union 433

Afterword 441

The European Parliament 1979-2014: Party memberships 444

The European Parliament 1979-2014: Presidents 445

The Presidents of the High Authority and the Commissions 446

Sources 447

Bibliography 452

Index 474

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