| ID | 112820 |
| Title Proper | Abduction of Europe |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Oganesyan, Armen |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | WE ARE WATCHING the "abduction of Europe": the European dream of many generations of great European politicians is melting away. It was immediately after the war that Robert Schuman, Jean Monnet, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Konrad Adenauer, Paul-Henri Spaak and many others laid the ideological foundation of united Europe. In 1962, Harold Macmillan disappointed his audience by saying to the EEC prime ministers that his country was determined to integrate into Europe. The British primer was convinced that his country could look forward to economic growth only as part of a big continental bloc. Today, the British press has dismissed this as a superficial and short-sighted approach which nevertheless was accepted by the larger part of the establishment and which cost dearly to the nation. The Brits, however, are often pushed aside as an insular nation. Le Monde of France betrays its concern by asking "Will Europe repeat the history of the USSR?" It admits, with a great deal of bitterness, that the integration institutes and Euro-bureaucracy which have grown out of proportion "are treated in Europe at best with indifference or at worst are totally rejected." |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 58, No.2; 2012: p.107-109 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 58, No.2; 2012: p.107-109 |
| Key Words | Europe ; Winston Churchill ; Robert Schuman ; Jean Monnet ; Economic Growth ; European Union |