Early European Summitry and the Making of the Council of Europe

Peter ŠVIK

doi:10.5771/0947-9511-2016-1-107

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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–10 Introduction Antonio Varsori Antonio Varsori 5–10
- 11–28 Narratives of European Integration in Times of Crisis: Images of Europe in the 1970s Quentin JOUAN Quentin JOUAN 11–28
- 29–46 The European TREVI Conference in the 1970s: Transgovernmental Policy Coordination in the Area of Internal Security Eva OBERLOSKAMP Eva OBERLOSKAMP 29–46
- 47–66 Kooperation in der Krise? Die Ölkrise von 1973/74 und die multilaterale Zusammenarbeit der westlichen Industrieländer in der Energiepolitik Henning Türk Henning Türk 47–66
- 67–84 Assessing Yugoslavia’s Place in Western European Stabilisation Policies in Southern Europe, 1974-1976 Benedetto ZACCARIA Benedetto ZACCARIA 67–84
- 85–106 The Tentative Alliance? Britain, Italy and Participation in the European Monetary System Giulia BENTIVOGLIO Giulia BENTIVOGLIO 85–106
- 107–124 Early European Summitry and the Making of the Council of Europe Peter ŠVIK Peter ŠVIK 107–124
- 125–140 Embracing values? The question of Finnish membership of the Council of Europe as a case of political value deliberation in European integration, 1987-1989 Teemu HÄKKINEN Teemu HÄKKINEN 125–140
- 141–174 “Europe”, Europeanizations and their Meaning for European Integration Historiography Michael Gehler Michael Gehler 141–174
- 175–198 Book reviews – Comptes rendus – Buchbesprechungen 175–198
- 199–204 PhD Theses – Thèses de doctorat – Doktorarbeiten 199–204
- 205–208 Information – Informations – Informationen 205–208
- 209–218 Abstracts – Résumés – Zusammenfassungen 209–218
- 219–220 Contributors – Auteurs – Autoren 219–220
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JEIH Journal of European Integration History , page 107 - 124

Early European Summitry and the Making of the Council of Europe

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Peter ŠVIK

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0947-9511-2016-1-107
- ISSN: 0947-9511
- ISSN online: 2942-321X
Abstract

After considerable time, the paper revisits the issue of inception of the Council of Europe. The existing studies prevailingly focused on internal-external linkages of foreign policy-making in specific national cases. This article, in contrast, stresses the importance and special agency which the early European summitry, i.e. the high-level inter-ministerial meetings at first within the Brussels pact (June 1948-January 1949) and later within the enlarged ten-power framework (May 1949), have had for the creation of the Council. The article also points out the limited, but yet highly-visible role the Joint International Committee of the Movements for European Unity played in the story. In its conclusions, the article calls for a more balanced extrapolation of the events surrounding the Council’s establishment and suggests that the French and British positions on further development of integration processes were, at the time, less opposed that it is traditionally supposed.
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