Originally published in 1967, though with an enduring relevance as Britain once again navigates its role outside the EU, this book is a selection of documents which illustrate how the former European Economic Community came into being. The reader is invited to make up their mind about the arguments for and against British participation in the Common Market. The author introduces his evidence with an historical interpretation of the situation and concludes with an assessment of the significance of the Community concept in the world as well as in Europe.
Author(s): Uwe Kitzinger
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Original Copyright
General Editor’s Preface
Contents
Volume Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Select Documents
Part I: The Mainsprings of Supranationalism
1. Draft Declaration by the European Resistance Movements, July 1944
2. Extract from Mr. Winston Churchill’s Speech at the University of Zurich, 19 September 1946
3. Extract from M. Robert Schuman’s Declaration of 9 May 1950
4. Extracts from the (unratified) Treaty Establishing a European Defence Community, signed in Paris on 27 May 1952
5. Extracts from the Draft Treaty embodying the Statute of the European Community adopted by the ad hoc Assembly, 11 March 1953
6. Extracts from the Speech by M. Edouard Herriot in the National Assembly, 30 August 1954
7. Extracts from a report of remarks made by Dr. Konrad Adenauer in London 28 September 1954, as published in Der Spiegel of 6 October 1954
Part II: Economic and Political Community
8. Resolution adopted by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the ECSC at their meeting at Messina on 1 and 2 June 1955
9. A Chart and some Vital Statistics
10. ‘The Working of the Institutions’ by M. Emile Noel
11. Extracts from the Draft Convention adopted by the European Parliament on 17 May 1960
12. Explanatory Report on Draft Treaty of the ‘Fouchet Committee’ on Political Union, 15 March 1962
13. Extracts from the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities signed in Brussels, 8 April 1965
14. Extract from the Statement by President de Gaulle at his Press Conference held in Paris on 9 September 1965
15. Extracts from the Statement issued after the Ministerial Meeting between the six governments held in Luxembourg on 28-29 January 1966
Part III: The Community and Africa
16. Cartoon
17. Convention of Association between the European Economic Community and the African and Malagasy States associated with that Community
Part IV: The Community and the Anglo-Saxon World
18. Extracts from Mr. Edward Heath's statement, Paris, 10 October 1961
19. Extracts from President Kennedy's 'Declaration of Interdependence', Philadelphia, 4 July 1962
20. Labour and the Common Market. Statement by the National Executive Committee, 29 September 1962
21. Extracts from Mr. Hugh Gaitskell's Speech to the Labour Party Conference at Brighton, 3 October 1962
22. Extracts from a speech by Mr. Michael Mason, former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, made on 13 December 1962, as reported in the Witney Gazette
23. Extract from President de Gaulle's Press Conference held in Paris on 14 January 1963
24. Extracts from Mr. Harold Wilson's Speech in Strasbourg, 23 January 1967
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Suggested Exercises
Index
