Globalisation vs. Sovereignty? The European Response
The 1997 Rede Lecture and Related Speeches and Articles

A selection of speeches by Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the European Commission.

Leon Brittan (Author)

9780521638845, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 March 1998

88 pages
21.7 x 13.9 x 0.8 cm, 0.12 kg

"For students of European economic and political integration under such organizations as the European Union and European Commision, this slim volume is required, and indeed riveting, reading. [Brittan] unique view of European integration as presented in the speeches collected here is extremely valuable for its insight and scope." Kirsten Tozer, Journal of Government Information

Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the European Commission, has worked at the very highest levels of the European Union for most of the last decade. Sir Leon has shaped some of the landmarks of European policy, including the development of new political and economic relations between the EC and the former satellite states of the Soviet Union, has been Europe's architect of the most ambitious global trade deal ever undertaken, and has been responsible for the dramatic evolution in Europe's competition policy and the building of strong European relations with the United States, China, Japan, and many other countries. In this publication, some of Sir Leon's most important speeches are gathered together. They explain in clear and succinct terms what the implications of European integration are in the context of an increasingly globalised international economy. How should traditional concepts of sovereignty be adapted? What is the real logic and purpose of European Economic and Monetary Union? How should the transatlantic relationship develop after the Cold War? These and many other questions are tackled in a comprehensive and readily accessible way.

1. The Rede Lecture: globalisation vs. sovereignty? The European response
2. The implications of EMU for Britain and Europe
3. How to make trade liberalisation popular
4. EU-US relations: a partnership of peoples
5. Towards a Europe for the individual.

Subject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], British & Irish history [HBJD1]