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The Rome Declaration – An imperfect display of unity. EPC Post-Summit Commentary, 27 March 2017

Emmanouilidis, Janis A. (2017) The Rome Declaration – An imperfect display of unity. EPC Post-Summit Commentary, 27 March 2017. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    On 25 March 2017, the leaders of the European Union (EU) came together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties. The EU and its members had good reasons to celebrate. The European integration process has been the product of grand aspirations inspired by the imagination of pragmatic visionaries, born of the experience of two devastating world wars. In 1957, the founding member states embarked on a journey without a clear destination, but based on a commitment to work together and solve their differences within a common institutional framework in the hope of breaking Europe’s century-old vicious cycle of violence and vengeance. Six decades later, the continent has overcome its deep historical divisions and cooperation among EU countries has become a lived reality that now constitutes part of Europe’s collective DNA. The European integration project is far from perfect and its history is littered with crises. But despite many heavy blows, the project has always bounced backed and emerged stronger than before

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > institutional development/policy > general
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > institutional development/policy > historical development of EC (pre-1986)
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    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 28 Mar 2017 08:54
    Number of Pages: 2
    Last Modified: 28 Mar 2017 08:54
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/85735

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