Winston Churchill And The European Union

• Authors: David Ramiro Troitiño , Archil Chochia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Given Winston Churchill’s influence and achievement as a writer, historian, adventurer, soldier, artist, and politician, his participation in the European integration process is crucial to understanding the entire scope of the project in its origins. Churchill was a fundamental voice promoting the Franco-British Union, a promoter of the European Communities, and an active participant of the Congress of Europe, embryo of the Council of Europe. This article analyzes Churchill’s view of European integration through his political speeches, in particular those delivered in Zurich and in The Hague, his ideas about the League of Nations and the United Nations, his understanding of the British Empire, and the special relations between the UK and the USA. His participation in the process of uniting Europe in its early stages provides us with essential information about the original plans for the creation of a united Europe and understanding the traditional British approach to the EU, including the current position of the conservative government led by Cameron.

Keywords

EN

Churchill; British Euroscepticism; European integration; EFTA; the Council of Europe; European cooperation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 55-81

Dates

published

2015-06-01

received

2015-05-04

accepted

2015-07-22

online

2015-10-05

Contributors

author

David Ramiro Troitiño

• Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration (Estonia)

author

Archil Chochia

• Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn Law School (Estonia)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bjlp-2015-0011