FRENCH CHEFS

In: The national interest, Heft 25, S. 59-65

Abstract

THE BRITISH DOCTRINE OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY WILL DIE WITH THE SIGNING OF AN EC TREATY TO ESTABLISH A MONETARY BLOC BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IS STILL CONTROLLED BY FRANCE WITH NO SIGN OF THAT CONTROL BEING DIMISHED. FRANCE IS PUSHING A SPEEDING UP OF THE PROCESS OF BUILDING UP EUROPE. THE TREATY PRESENTED BY A UNITED GERMANY IS EXAMINED IN THIS ARTICLE. IT CONCLUDES THAT INSTEAD OF A LOOSER, WIDER EUROPE DOMINATED BY GERMANY'S NATURAL ECONOMIC WEIGHT, FRANCE'S INSTITUTIONAL MANIPULATION OF THE EC WILL BE PROLONGED, IF NOT PERPETUATED.