{"product_id":"europe-day-von-hartmut-marhold","title":"Europe Day","description":"One might be forgiven for thinking that the founding of The European Union is not\nexactly the stu that myths are made of? Not at all, for here it comes  though it is\nnot a myth, but a real story that only sounds like a myth: The 9th of May 1950 was the\nday when the destiny of European integration (began to take) took shape, with the\ndeclaration by the French foreign Minister Robert Schuman, aiming at the creation of\na European Coal and Steel Community. One can retrace the events of these historical\nmoments day by day, sometimes hour by hour, the main actors emerging with highly\nanimated proles, the tension mounting to thrilling heights  but nally the solution\nis found! And this solution is, as much as it seems pragmatic, nothing less than\nrevolutionary: It is  to use the words of the French foreign minister himself!  the\nrst breach into national sovereignty. The political system of the EU can be traced\ndirectly back to this initial moment.\nOnce the story of the 9th of May 1950 is told, one can contemplate it from dierent\nangles and learn a lot: What about the relationship between the external pressure\nof the Allies on France, in order to prepare for a common defense line of the Western\nbloc  and the intra-European, Franco-German desire to overcome their old conicts\nand reach a fair tradeo of interests? What about the relationship between economics\nand politics  was and is European integration mainly an economic project or does\nit ultimately aim at a political union? And maybe the most dicult question: Would\nothers have taken dierent decisions from those of Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman\nand Konrad Adenauer? Could they have? And if it was their own free will to decide as\nthey did, what led them to do so?\nThis book tells the story of the 9th of May, and the days leading up to it  and reects\non the signicance of this historical moment, our Europe Day.\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783631884645\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow European Integration Got Started\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783631884645","offer_id":40433417355357,"sku":"9783631884645","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/160ac736-66d3-47a4-b3a8-d7d182e39bbb.jpg?v=1780809431","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/europe-day-von-hartmut-marhold","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}