Globalisation vs. Sovereignty? The European Response

SirLeonBrittan,Vice-PresidentoftheEuropeanCommission,hasworkedattheveryhighestlevelsoftheEuropeanUnionformostofthelastdecade.SirLeonhasshapedsomeofthelandmarksofEuropeanpolicy,includingthedevelopmentofnewpoliticalandeconomicrelationsbetweentheECandtheformersatellitestatesoftheSovietUnion,hasbeenEurope'sarchitectofthemostambitiousglobaltradedealeverundertaken,andhasbeenresponsibleforthedramaticevolutioninEurope'scompetitionpolicyandthebuildingofstrongEuropeanrelationswiththeUnitedStates,China,Japan,andmanyothercountries.Inthispublication,someofSirLeon'smostimportantspeechesaregatheredtogether.TheyexplaininclearandsuccincttermswhattheimplicationsofEuropeanintegrationareinthecontextofanincreasinglyglobalisedinternationaleconomy.Howshouldtraditionalconceptsofsovereigntybeadapted?WhatisthereallogicandpurposeofEuropeanEconomicandMonetaryUnion?HowshouldthetransatlanticrelationshipdevelopaftertheColdWar?Theseandmanyotherquestionsaretackledinacomprehensiveandreadilyaccessibleway.