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  • June 19, 2024
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  • Martin monohan and michael o’neill
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THE EUROPEAN ISSUE AND BRITISH POLITICS

The British ‘problem’ with Europe

 Long historical and deep cultural roots with ‘Europe’

History
 From the Armada to Napoleon and the Germans
 Classic solution: ‘Balance of Power’ – a strong navy and ‘imperial defence’
 The concentric circle model of foreign policy priorities
 Post 1945: the challenges of rethinking Britain’s place in the post-war world – what our main
interests are

But a culture of British ‘exceptionalism’…
 Bi-partisan outlook on the ‘the others’
 A ‘thousand years of history’ and ‘the island story’
 Island mentality: from Shakespeare to UKIP
 Disdain for ‘Johnny foreigner’
 Superiority complex: The ‘Wind in the Willows’ syndrome – idea that no place is better than
Britain

Beginnings of Europe’s peace project

 Historical roots: War and catharsis and the move to tame nationalism in Europe
 An idea ‘whose time had arrived’?
 But not for the UK… or not yet… Mr Bretherton’s memorandum
 Although UK supported integration initiatives: ‘in’ but not ‘of’ Europe
 ‘The bomb’, ‘east of Suez’ and ‘delusions of power’
 ‘Europe’ is ‘not for us’ – Winston Churchill
 …until the long decline and slow ‘imperial sunset’ registered with government
 Historic shift: Macmillan decides to join the EEC (European Economic Community 1960) –
economic cooperation between member states.

Why EC membership? British policy re-aligned 1961-1973

 The end of Empire: ‘no jewel, no crown’
 ‘Lost and Empire but not yet found a role in the world’ – Dean Acheson
 The significance of the Suez crisis 1956
 Changing trade patterns
 Commonwealth problems
 Atlanticism in decline: the ‘special relationship’ becomes less special

The meaning of European integration

 Blurring of the domestic / foreign policy boundary
 Increased ‘intrusion’ into ‘domestic’ policy/governance
 The need to co-operate to meet ‘new global threats’
 Rising regional/global ‘interdependence’
 European citizenship and the identity question
 The meaning of ‘Europeanization’: pooling sovereignty
 But not in all aspects of policy – ‘red lines’ and vetoes

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