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William Collins
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To my grandchildren:Hugo, Georgia, Fabian, Isabella
It is the duty of the patriot to prefer and promote the exclusive interest and glory of his native country: but a philosopher may be permitted to enlarge his views and to consider Europe as one great republic, whose various inhabitants have attained almost the same level of politeness and cultivation. The balance of power will continue to fluctuate, and the prosperity of our own, or the neighbouring kingdoms, may be alternately exalted or depressed; but these partial events cannot essentially injure our general state of happiness, the system of arts, and laws, and manners, which so advantageously distinguish, above the rest of mankind, the Europeans …
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol VI, chapter XXXVIII, p. 402 (1818 edition)
CONTENTS
Presidencies and principal Commissioners, relevant to the main themes, since 1981
Presidencies of the Council of Ministers and Meetings of the European Council
The European Integration Experience
3. The Stagnant Decade, 1973–83
4. Making the Market: The Single European Act, 1980–88
5. Maastricht and After, 1988–93
8. Institutions: The Parliament and the Court of Justice
12. Policy-Making: Industry and Trade
Part IV: State without a Country
Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
The late 1980s brought a sense of quickening tempo