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'Swallow the lot, and swallow it now': Britain is, and was, deluded about its negotiating power with the EU

Ludlow, Piers (2017) 'Swallow the lot, and swallow it now': Britain is, and was, deluded about its negotiating power with the EU. LSE Brexit (09 Nov 2017). Website.

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Abstract

Britain is making the same mistake about the EU now as Harold Macmillan did about the European Community in the 1960s, writes Piers Ludlow (LSE). Personal appeals to Général de Gaulle proved fruitless. The EU27 are unbending - not because they bear ill-will towards the British for voting to leave, but because the nature of the EU demands internal unity. ...

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/
Additional Information: © 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited: 13 Dec 2017 10:41
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 21:14
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86208

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