Europe Union
"We have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not combined. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed." Winston Churchill's famous quote aptly describes Britain's intentions towards European integration. In this essay I shall attempt to show that Britain's relationship towards European integration has been one of a reluctant union, supporting free trade and mutually beneficial cooperation, while attempting to distance itself from economic and cultural 'unity' with Europe, and I will finish by describing the effects on Britain's sovereignty since joining the European Union . The term integration can be understood, in context of the European Union, as a situation of unification between individually sovereign nations into a collective body, sufficient to make that body a workable whole. A fully integrated European Union could be seen to have two possible outcomes. Either a Federalist or 'stewed' union, where all member states give up their individual sovereignty and form a super state that would be an economic world power, or a Confederacies, where each member state has its own place in a continental alliance. They would maintain national sov
This action is a demonstration of Britain's attempts at avoiding the creation of the Federalist European Super state. However, there was a need for trade barriers to fall and new markets to open, coupled with the realization that it could not exist successfully as a separate economically independent entity. Within the EU, Britain could work with the other member nations to guarantee its economic interests and attempt to maintain its influence in world affairs. In certain areas this seems fit but in other countries this is deeply insensitive. If the EU can find one common voice that can speak on behalf of all countries, they might have a chance to pull this off. 3 trillion, approaching that of the United States. The European court was also given the power to fine member states. I feel this will be a very slow and costly process. ereignty and individually contributing through trade and cooperation to form a greater whole. These examples show that Britain's ability to defend its sovereignty relates to its ability to negotiate within the framework of the treaties that it signs. For example, Margaret Thatcher spoke in Bruges in September 1988 and she said she "sought to lay down a vision of a Europe of sovereign states, economically considerably more liberal, deregulated and interdependent, but a Europe based essentially on cooperation rather than integration". The only hope to attain these goals was to join the EC as "there was little scope for a United Kingdom outside the community, especially when the six (Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) had done so visibly better than the UK. Currently in the EU they are trying to pass a law banning certain advertisements from television.
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