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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1340 words (5.36 pages) in the essay titled None Provided1 “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.”1 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)A Federalist or ‘stewed’ union, where all member states give up their individual sovereignty and form a superstate that would be an economic world power, or b)A Confederalist or ‘salad bar’ union, where each member state has its own place in a continental alliance, maintaining national sovereignty and individually contributing, through trade and cooperation, to form a greater whole.2 Throughout the 1970’s and 80’s Britain’s aspiration for a Europe unified through trade and cooperation arose from a desire to maintain complete control and sovereignty ove... |
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Keywords: beneficial cooperation, national sovereignty, britains, european union, beneficial association, europe, european integration, individually, mutually beneficial, economic affairs, collective body, continental alliance, sovereign nations, famous quote, economic world, global role, churchills, salad bar, british empire, federalist