The Pros And Cons Of The Euroscepticism

Tony Blair introduced me to politics. Taken by my parents to protest in London against the Iraq war I experienced the inability of national politics and international relations to be mutually exclusive concepts. Key issues such as the growing refugee crisis, the debate regarding Britain’s place in Europe and trade agreements such as TTIP all have national and international implications. Britain’s political sovereignty has been eroded by Unions, Agreements and world events. This opens up the debate as to where power is concentrated. A more controversial debate would address whether national and global decisions are in fact being made by politicians at all, or if global corporations impose greater power. Regardless of this nihilistic view, the

Those in Britain did not appear to make a concrete decision; over 30 years after Macmillan issued his statement Margaret Thatcher voiced a similar opinion. In 1988, England had joined the EEC 15 years earlier but there were still topics of unanimity England was unsure about. In this case, Thatcher was concerned that the Single European Act which seeked a single currency and market would take away the uniqueness of each individual country. Thatcher believed that Europe would benefit from being “more united and with a greater sense of common purpose, but it must be in a way which preserves the different traditions, parliamentary powers, and a sense of pride in one's culture” (Document

British Policy towards the United states was governed by European affairs. United States was involved inextricably in the Affairs of Europe.

The Labour party are often considered to be pro-Europe although their policies do tend to keep Britain's interests at heart. Their priorities for Europe

The United States and the United Kingdom have developed a special relationship during the war and interwar period in the 20th century. The relationship was developed over many similarities and differences in foreign policy. Both nations had many different and some similar approaches to solve foreign affairs, but at the end they helped develop a special relationship between the two countries. WWI was the start of the development but interwar was the time of challenges between US and UK. What really helped make relationship ‘special’ was WWII.

From historical point of view, the British Appeasement policy to Third Reich resulted, to a great extent, from cooperation and balanced power between Continental States

In the Europe Divided speech, Winston Churchill is trying to let the United States know that even though there was an Allied victory, the Soviet Union can still strike again and we should be prepared for that to happen. He addresses all of the damage the Soviets have caused in eastern Europe to recognize the amount to chaos the Soviet Union has put on those regions. He realizes the seriousness of power the Soviet Union and Communism has and how that amount of power can harm other world powers in the future. He prevent another expansion from the Soviet Union he feels that we should unite all of the Europe with the assistance from the United Nations.

Over the past several years, the European Union’s response to crises illustrates its resiliency, with the Union itself serving as the main support system for countries in need. Unfortunately the once prosperous European Union currently experiences a gradual decline in effectiveness. Political Scientists Sebastian Rosato and Douglas Webber highlight the issues plaguing the European Union, with Rosato focusing on post-Cold War Europe and Webber focusing on the rise of nationalists and the Union’s reliance on Germany. While each scholar takes a different approach in explaining the downfall of the Union, they each conclude that the European Union is not on a positive path. Both arguments provide valuable insight, however, Webber’s argument appears

Additionally, the ninth chapter: Thatcherism abroad: influence and prejudice evaluated Thatcher’s influence abroad and how was Thatcherism perceived out of Britain. From these first two chapters was clear that her vision was non-European and Britain had stronger ties with Atlantic axis and the U.S.´s policies. The Thatcher´s period was significantly marked with the close Anglo-American relations called as the special relationship that was mirrored in relation between Ronald Reagan and

This hypothesis is that of national location. The philosophy behind this political positioning suggests that in an issue such as European integration there will be more variation seen in countries that have more diverse social and economic factors involved in policy making. The article suggests that with this hypothesis that issues will be decided on by parties potentially depending on what is in the best interest at tat time based on the national feeling that is present in their respective countries. This hypothesis is certainly well-founded in the idea of European integration as if national interests are largely in favor of integration it stands to follow that parties and policy would likewise be in favor.

In May of 1947 Henry S. Truman gave a speech about defending freedom and resisting communisms influence with a set of plans and policies that came to be known as the “Truman Doctrine”. This was a time of great stress on the international community, as the world tried to pick up the pieces, and decide their new roles following WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union were trying to get a feel for the position of power that they now possessed. The wartime camaradery with the Soviets based on a shared enemy in WWII (Germany) evaporated soon after the war ended. Due to the Economic strain inflicted upon it in during the war, Britain was inhibited in fully influencing their usual sphere of power and had to subsequently stop providing foreign

Britain could no longer hope to act unilaterally with success. The support (active and passive) from the commonwealth and the USA was no longer present.

Margret Thatcher was the Prime Minister in the United Kingdom between 1979 to 1990. Although other people may be of the opinion that her policy reforms were of good intents to Britain, a critical analysis from a neutral viewpoint may reveal the opposite. As Goodwin puts it, Thatcher`s policies towards the European integration were pragmatic in practice, but aggressive in tone . The policies were characterized by public articulation that was thought to be of best interests to the United Kingdom. Generally, Thatcher`s policies were implemented after the claim that they would promote small states, free markets, privatization, cut taxes and lower inflation2. However, a more indepth analysis can reveal how the policies resulted in mass unemployment, social housing crisis, privatization, reduced powers of trade unions, poverty and inequality and poll tax. As it will be shown by the evidence presented herein, Thatcher’s policies did more damage than good to the interests of Britain. The following are the various negative consequences that resulted from the implementation of Thatcher’s policies.

The official line on Britain's non-entry being ,"we are not willing to make prior commitment to a scheme whose terms of membership are unknown. " This also underlines the fact that Britain wanted to continue 'as before' and thought it could, at the time Britain was producing about one half of the coal and steel in Europe. Right from the conception of the European union Britain has stood aloof from the union being very cautious and wary. From as far back as the creation of the European Steel and Coal Community in 1952 Britain has shown its unwillingness and reservations about joining Europe.

‘It was only because of the “special relationship” with the USA that Britain could exert an influence on international affairs in the years 1951 to 2007. ' Assess the validity of this view.