EURO 1050 Lecture 3: Euro Studies - WEEK III

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: European Studies
• Course: EURO 1050
• Professor: Brian Mc Dougall

Document Summary

Point i: britain"s slow path into europe, c. 1957-1973. France"s role in integration (empty chair crisis) there was a preview to create a european currency union in 1967, the ecsc, euratom, and the eec merge and become the european. Britain was very suspicious of uniting europe and they were reluctant to join the. Winston churchill said, we are with europe, but not of it the special relationship between britain and america and the geographical separation of. National sovereignty was very different in britain. Britain had hostility toward the supranational organization(s) they believed that the tradition of british democracy was too important to give up to a supranational organization. When plans for a supranational organization came into action, britain decided to watch from the sidelines. Britain refused to join the ecsc because they didn"t want to give up any of their work of coal and steel.