{"product_id":"europe-day-how-european-integration-got-started","title":"Europe Day","description":"One might be forgiven for thinking that the founding of The European Union is not\u003cbr\u003eexactly the stu that myths are made of? Not at all, for here it comes  though it is\u003cbr\u003enot a myth, but a real story that only sounds like a myth: The 9th of May 1950 was the\u003cbr\u003eday when the destiny of European integration (began to take) took shape, with the\u003cbr\u003edeclaration by the French foreign Minister Robert Schuman, aiming at the creation of\u003cbr\u003ea European Coal and Steel Community. One can retrace the events of these historical\u003cbr\u003emoments day by day, sometimes hour by hour, the main actors emerging with highly\u003cbr\u003eanimated proles, the tension mounting to thrilling heights  but nally the solution\u003cbr\u003eis found! And this solution is, as much as it seems pragmatic, nothing less than\u003cbr\u003erevolutionary: It is  to use the words of the French foreign minister himself!  the\u003cbr\u003erst breach into national sovereignty. The political system of the EU can be traced\u003cbr\u003edirectly back to this initial moment.\u003cbr\u003eOnce the story of the 9th of May 1950 is told, one can contemplate it from dierent\u003cbr\u003eangles and learn a lot: What about the relationship between the external pressure\u003cbr\u003eof the Allies on France, in order to prepare for a common defense line of the Western\u003cbr\u003ebloc  and the intra-European, Franco-German desire to overcome their old conicts\u003cbr\u003eand reach a fair tradeo of interests? What about the relationship between economics\u003cbr\u003eand politics  was and is European integration mainly an economic project or does\u003cbr\u003eit ultimately aim at a political union? And maybe the most dicult question: Would\u003cbr\u003eothers have taken dierent decisions from those of Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman\u003cbr\u003eand Konrad Adenauer? Could they have? And if it was their own free will to decide as\u003cbr\u003ethey did, what led them to do so?\u003cbr\u003eThis book tells the story of the 9th of May, and the days leading up to it  and reects\u003cbr\u003eon the signicance of this historical moment, our Europe Day.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47391845777752,"sku":"9783631884645","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783631884645.jpg?v=1777791674","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/europe-day-how-european-integration-got-started","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}