The European Union 50 Years On: Some Comments on Its Early History

Richard Tilly
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Richard Tilly: University of Münster

Chapter A in 50 Years of EU Economic Dynamics, 2007, pp 11-23 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The approaching 50th anniversary of the EU promises to be an ambivalent event. For it is at once an occasion for rejoicing, and for worry. For rejoicing, because the EU has not only survived for 50 years, but also grown in size and economic weight; and survival and growth, after all, represent frequently used criteria of success in economic life. Worry is also justified due to a number of dispiriting features of the EU´s recent past: • its slow economic growth, • its high unemployment, • the spread of popular fears about globalization, and • weakened support of supra-national ties.

Keywords: European Integration; Common Agricultural Policy; Custom Union; Tariff Reduction; EFTA Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74055-1_2

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