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1 online resource |
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Introduction. - GEORGE OF PODEBRADY (The role of external stimulus to the European integration) -- CHARLES-IRENEE CASTEL, ABBE DE SAINT-PIERRE (The role of Religion in the European integration) -- IMMANUEL KANT (The idea of progress and European integration) -- GASPAR MELCHOR DE JOVELLANOS (And other Europeanists in favour of the socioeconomic well-being of the nations of Europe) -- VICTOR HUGO (and other pro-"good governance" and "United States of Europe" Europeanists) -- RICHARD N. COUDENHOVE-KALERGI -- ARISTIDE BRIAND (Cooperation as the motor of Europe) -- JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET -- MADARIAGA AND THE SEARCH FOR A FREE EUROPE -- DENIS DE ROUGEMONT: AN EUROPOS FEDERALIST -- JULIAN MARIAS AGUILERA -- JEAN MONNET (Neofunctionalism at work in the European Integration) -- ALTIERO SPINELLI (Federalism in the European Integration) -- ROBERT SCHUMAN (and the pro-European political generation of 1950) -- WINSTON CHURCHILL (Cooperation and British support to the European Integration) -- DE GAULLE (The role of the Member States in the European Union) -- MARGARET THATCHER (British strategy in the European Integration) -- HELMUT KOHL (The German reunification and the genesis of the European Union) -- FRANCOIS MITTERRAND (French leadership in the European Union) -- Andreas Papandreou: towards the European solidarity -- SIMONE VEIL. A EUROPEANIST COMMITTED TO THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- Emmanuel Macron: the return of France as a driving force for European integration? |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the impact of political leaders on the integration process led by the European Union. It aims at a better understanding of the European Union through the actions, contributions, and ideas of these outstanding characters to European integration and disintegration. By doing so, the book offers an entirely new perspective, presenting the actions of the main actors involved, their background, their historical time, their challenges and problems, and how they influenced the European Union's development. The authors in detail discuss different ideas connected to leaders, such as Jean Monnet and neo-functionalism, Spinelli and federalism or Churchill and the idea of cooperation. Furthermore, the book examines major policies and events, like the Common Agricultural Policy, the creation of the Euro as a consequence of the German reunification and Mitterrands reactions, or Brexit and its connection to the impact of Margaret Thatcher. The global essence of the book makes it a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars interested in a better understanding of the European Union's integration process |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 18, 2022) |
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European Union -- Membership.
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European Union fast |
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International economic integration
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Membership requirements
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Politics and government
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European Union countries -- Economic integration
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European Union countries -- Politics and government
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Troitino, David Ramiro, editor.
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Martín de la Guardia, Ricardo M., editor.
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Pérez Sánchez, Guillermo A., editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030966621 |
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3030966623 |
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