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OverviewIn may 2000, German foreign minister Joschka Fischer dramatically injected new life into the debate on the future course of integration by suggesting that a 'core' of the EU members should move ahead of the rest and negotiate a federal treaty among themselves. The fact that, in the early 1950s, the six founding members of the ECSC and the EEC had tried to do exactly that, has scarcely entered the discussion. This book rediscovers the history of the draft of European Political Community treaty that was completed in march 1953 but abandoned by the governments of the Six eighteen months later. This volume represents the first comprehensive study on Europe's first constitution drawing on the archives of all the participating states. The EPC epsode involved discussions of joint defence policy, the framework for future economic integration, foreign policy coordination and the democratisation of European institutions. The book also draws a range of parallels between the situation today, where an overburdened European Union is ill-equipped for the challange of accepting new members, and the situation in the early 1950s. The challenges then were similar to those faced today, and the arguments then employed for and against closer integration bear an uncanny resemblance to those employed fifty years later. Professor Griffiths has written a study of the apst to inform the present, without sacrificing integrity as either an historian or a social scientist. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard T. GriffithsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.446kg ISBN: 9781903403211ISBN 10: 1903403219 Pages: 278 Publication Date: 14 April 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChallenges - then and now; from the Council of Europe to the Luxembourg Resolution; the ad hoc assembly and the draft treaty for a European Community; from the Luxembourg Resolution to the IGC; the IGC - the economic clauses; the IGC - the institutional clauses. Appendices: changes in European government 1950-1954; the draft scheme for a European Community; archivalia.ReviewsAuthor InformationRichard T Griffiths, former director of research projects, at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, is a professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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