Syllabus Point
The development of European governance and extension of the ‘European Union’, including the European Economic Community (EEC) (1958), the Maastricht Treaty (1992), the European Union (1993), the Eurozone (1999).
EEC
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Lecture
This lecture analyses early moves towards European unity in the early 1950s - the European Coal and Steel Community and the abortive proposal for a European Defence Community, a European Army. Britain was sceptical towards these initiatives. The lecture will then analyse the structural basis of the EEC and why it was that Britain was not one of the signatories in 1957 of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Communities.
This lecture analyses the reasons for the successful negotiations between Edward Heath's Conservative government and the European Community, which led to entry into 1973. It considers the parliamentary battles over entry and the problems they caused for both government and opposition
Audio
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, was born in the 1940s in the shadow of the Cold War as a mutual defence alliance. But it is playing an increasing role today, in both Eastern Europe and in conflict zones like Afghanistan, so why is NATO still relevant in the 21st century?
Duration: 25min 12sec
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