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"Progress towards European Union: EC Institutional Perspectives on the Intergovernmental Conferences-the View of the Parliament"

Martin, David. (1991) "Progress towards European Union: EC Institutional Perspectives on the Intergovernmental Conferences-the View of the Parliament". In: UNSPECIFIED, Fairfax, Virginia. (Unpublished)

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    [From the Introduction]. European Union has been the theoretical goal of the Europcan Community (EC) since its conception. For many, the intention was that it remained a theoretical goal to be dreamed of but never achieved. The Treaty of Rome, signed in 1957, called for an "ever closer union among the peoples of Europe", yet the first two decades after its signing saw little in the way of progress towards union. Indeed General de Gaulle's opposition to majority voting in the Council and ringing endorsement of a 'Europe des parties' in 1966 was a serious reversion to intergovernmentalism. Depressed by years of slide and stagnation Europe's leaders attempted in the early '80s to kick-start the Community into a new life. The Stuttgart Declaration, signed by the Heads of Governments at their summit there in June 1983, resolved to "create a United Europe" and confirmed "their commitment to ever closer union amongst the peoples and Member States of the European Community".

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Treaty reform > IGC 1991
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > European Parliament
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > political union & integration/European Political Union
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > institutional development/policy > historical development of EC (pre-1986)
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1991 (2nd), May 22-24, 1991
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2007
    Page Range: p. 11
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 17:46
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7205

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