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Britain and European Union

Dialogue of the Deaf

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  • © 1996

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  1. Lord Beloff
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Problem Stated

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Historical Perspective

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 11-30

  4. Federalism and Federalists

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 31-49

  5. Europe in British Politics 1945–75

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 51-83

  6. Europe in British Politics, 1975–91

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 85-111

  7. Britain, France and European Union

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 113-129

  8. Britain and the Crisis of European Union

    • Lord Beloff
    Pages 131-148

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-172
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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.

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