Building Europe

Relying on internal sources, Wilfried Loth analyses the birth and subsequent development of the European Union, from the launch of the Council of Europe and the Schuman Declaration until the Euro crisis and the contested European presidential election of Jean-Claude Juncker. This book shines a light on the crises of the European integration, such as the failure of the European Defence Community, De Gaulle`s empty chair policy, or the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, but also highlights the indubitable successes that are the Franco-German reconciliation, the establishment of the European common market, and the establishment of an expanding common currency. What this study accomplishes, for the first time, is to illuminate the driving forces behind the European integration process and how it changed European politics and society

Disintegration and Integration in East-Central Europe

In this volume, based on an international colloquium at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, in Cluj-Napoca, the integration of former member states of the Soviet bloc into the European Union is for the first time discussed in its broad historical context. 30 scholars are providing a comprehensive insight into the state of integration of East-Central European countries

Cycles and periods in the development of the EU-System

The historical analysis shows that - numerous difficulties and delays notwithstanding - “deepening” in the double sense of a rise in the scope and the level of European integration in the terms of institution-building, democratic legitimacy and European policies was the predominant trend in the history of European integration. “Widening” in the sense of a geographical spill-over never did prevent “deepening”. Rather it proved to be, even if at different degrees, a precondition for some steps of “deepening”. In order to substantiate this thesis this final state of the art paper of Team 2 will combine findings on the driving forces of European integration (I) and the resulting cycles in the development of the EU-system (II) with an analysis of the institutional logic of this development (III). As result, an assessment of the present situation will be presented (IV)

Building Europe. A History of European Unification

Relying on internal sources, Wilfried Loth analyses the birth and subsequent development of the European Union, from the launch of the Council of Europe and the Schuman Declaration until the Euro crisis and the contested European presidential election of Jean-Claude Juncker. This book shines a light on the crises of the European integration, such as the failure of the European Defence Community, De Gaulle`s empty chair policy, or the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, but also highlights the indubitable successes that are the Franco-German reconciliation, the establishment of the European common market, and the establishment of an expanding common currency. What this study accomplishes, for the first time, is to illuminate the driving forces behind the European integration process and how it changed European politics and society.An enlightening work. Arequired reading for all who doubt the unfinished history of Europe. &#8211 Rolf Steininger, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.This book will become an indispensable standard work. &#8211 Jörg Himmelreich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Les projets de politique extérieure de la Résistance en France

Loth Wilfried. Les projets de politique extérieure de la Résistance en France. In: Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, tome 24 N°4, Octobre-décembre 1977. pp. 544-569

Jean Monnet, Charles de Gaulle et le projet d’Union politique (1958-1963)

Dans la mémoire collective, Jean Monnet et Charles de Gaulle passent pour être des représentants de conceptions opposées sur l’Europe. Lorsque de Gaulle s’en prenait aux technocrates apatrides qui agissent dans l’intérêt des États-Unis, il visait à l’évidence en première ligne Monnet ; et, à partir d’un certain moment, Monnet travailla en effet contre le général. A l’occasion des élections présidentielles de 1965 il œuvra pour la désignation de candidats rivaux et soutint dans un premier temp..