The Rise of a New Europe: The History of European Integration, 1945-2022
Multiple Choice Questions
Exam Questions
Discussion Questions
What are the roots of European integration?
How did the Second World War influence trends towards European integration?
What were the interests of France, Germany, and Britain in integration efforts in the late 1940s to early 1950s?
What was the French role in shaping the EEC in the 1950s and 1960s?
What is meant by the “deepening” and “widening” of European integration?
Why was the Maastricht Treaty so controversial in 1992?
When and why did membership in the EEC/EU expand?
What challenges did the expansion of EU membership in the 2000s pose?
Was the formation of ASEAN driven by similar impulses as those leading to European integration?
How thorough have other regional integration efforts been compared to Europe?
Exam Questions
European integration was fundamentally driven by Cold War dynamics. Discuss.
Compare and contrast European integration with either Asian or American integration.
How did European integration efforts expand to meet new circumstances between the 1940s and 2000s?
Weblinks
http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/small/cab-129-76-cp-55-55-5.pdf – British Cabinet memorandum on European economic integration in 1955
http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/small/cab-129-45-cp-83.pdf – text of British Cabinet document on the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1988stead-europa.asp – text of 1899 call for European integration by W. T. Stead
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1967-degaulle-non-uk.asp – text of French statement opposing British entry into the EEC in 1967
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1957-ecc-efta-us.html – text of US statement on European integration 1957
http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/110063 – text of UK-US discussion on French nuclear weapons policy 1957
http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/112797 – text of Franco-German discussion on European security during the Euro-missiles crisis 1981
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_23861.htm?selectedLocale=en – NATO statement on core functions in the new Europe 1991
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-german-ratification-the-maastricht-treaty – Statement by President Clinton on Ratification of the Maastricht Treaty 1993
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_27433.htm – NATO release on the Alliance’s Strategic Concept 1999
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