Issue 2 - 1998
Will EMU lead to political union?
01 October 1998
In the recent history of Europe, from Jean Monnet's plan for a European Coal and Steel Community in1950 to today's European Union, one pattern seems clear: where economic integration leads, political integration will eventually follow.
EMU, it is argued, will continue this trend-except on a far bigger scale. The euro will...
EMU, it is argued, will continue this trend-except on a far bigger scale. The euro will...
A new model of European integration
01 October 1998
Europe may be moving towards a new kind of integration, based on inter-governmental co-operation, peer-group pressure and bench-marking.
Elect the Commission
01 October 1998
The European Commission enjoys little legitimacy in the eyes of most Europeans. So long as it is run by appointed politicians it will continue to be seen as a remote and overbearing bureaucracy.
Transparency is no panacea?
01 October 1998
We all want openness and accountability, but let's be clear that they don't guarantee the most effective method of Government. Several of the objectives we set for the European Union - an efficient single market; a single currency which commands public confidence and proves a reliable store of value; a...