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La cohésion du Royaume-Uni est confrontée à plusieurs défis majeurs. Les divisions religieuses : sentiment de marginalisation de la communauté musulmane, retour de la question de l'école. Les nouvelles stratifications sociales, avec le ralentissement de la mobilité. Les conflits intergénérationnels, dans une population vieillissante. Et, bien sûr, les incertitudes sur l'évolution des rapports institutionnels entre l'Angleterre, l'Écosse, le Pays de Galles, et l'Irlande du Nord. politique étrangère

The United Kingdom is divided on several critical aspects. There are religious divisions, namely the Muslim community's feeling of isolation & the debate on schooling, a stiffening of social classes due to the slowing of social mobility, & clashes of interest between generations, an issue heightened by an ageing population. Finally, the future of institutional relations between England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland remains uncertain. Adapted from the source document.

The author considers the role of pressure groups within the established decisionmaking framework of the European Communities and the internal pressures to which European pressure groups are subjected. Two case studies are then examined: the agreement of the 1977 directive harmonising banking laws which was achieved only after making great concessions to the banking lobby, especially in Britain; and the organisation of the European Regional Development Fund where initial pressure group interest has been stilled by the insistence of national governments on controlling the Fund's day-to-day administration but over which the European Parliament has exercised some decisive influence. The author concludes that pressure group activity in E.C. policy formation largely reflects the extent to which Brussels rather than national governments is in control of policy and administration on any subject, and that there are more opportunities for significant pressure group influence on policy development than adherents to the 'intergovernmentalist' model of the E.C. suggest.

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