The Genscher-Colombo Plan: A forgotten page in the European Integration History

Deborah CUCCIA

doi:10.5771/0947-9511-2018-1-59

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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–8 Introduction Fernando GUIRAO Fernando GUIRAO 5–8
- 9–30 A Pragmatic Visionary Through a Century of Change – Pierre Werner Elena DANESCU Elena DANESCU 9–30
- 31–58 Durable dans les attentes, non durable dans la réalité:le développement durable de la PAC à l’épreuve des faits, 1957-2008 Giuliana LASCHI Giuliana LASCHI 31–58
- 59–78 The Genscher-Colombo Plan: A forgotten page in the European Integration History Deborah CUCCIA Deborah CUCCIA 59–78
- 79–94 The Idea of Europe at the Origins of the European People’s Party. The Making of the European Manifesto and of the EPP’s Political Programme Jacopo CELLINI Jacopo CELLINI 79–94
- 95–114 Ignoring Europe? Reassessing the British Labour Party’s Policy towards European Integration, 1951-60 Matthew Broad Matthew Broad 95–114
- 115–142 The intricate question of European democracy: national parliamentary debates on the European Elections Act of 1976 Hilde Reiding, Joachim Wintzer, Thorsten BORRING OLESEN, Marloes BEERS, , Valentine LOMELLINI Hilde Reiding, Joachim Wintzer, Thorsten BORRING OLESEN, Marloes BEERS, , Valentine LOMELLINI 115–142
- 143–166 Does the EU Have a Past? Narratives of European Integration History and the Union’s Public Awareness Deficit Kiran Klaus PATEL, Alexandros SIANOS, Sophie VANHOONACKER Kiran Klaus PATEL, Alexandros SIANOS, Sophie VANHOONACKER 143–166
- 167–186 L’OIT et les nouveaux États africains (1945-1963): un régionalisme de transition face au défi de la décolonisation Nadjib SOUAMAA Nadjib SOUAMAA 167–186
- 187–210 Book reviews – Comptes rendus – Buchbesprechungen 187–210
- 211–212 PHD Theses – Thèses de doctorat – Doktorarbeiten 211–212
- 213–222 Abstracts – Résumés – Zusammenfassungen 213–222
- 223–224 Contributors – Auteurs – Autoren 223–224
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JEIH Journal of European Integration History , page 59 - 78

The Genscher-Colombo Plan: A forgotten page in the European Integration History

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Deborah CUCCIA

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0947-9511-2018-1-59
- ISSN: 0947-9511
- ISSN online: 2942-321X
Abstract

In the early 1980s, against the backdrop of a protracted global economic downturn, Europe seemed to be at the crossroads between more integration and political inertia. In this context, the present essay analyses the "Genscher-Colombo Plan", i.e. the initiative launched by German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and his Italian counterpart, Emilio Colombo, for the revival and the renewal of the integration process. Based on research in several German and Italian archives, as well as on documents of the Presidency of the French Republic and of the French ministry of Foreign affairs, the paper analyses both the obstacles and the points of contention with which the supporters of the initiative were confronted. Thus, it sheds new light on a relatively unexplored but potentially promising field of research. This article supports a balanced approach that neither overestimates the achievements of the initiative nor ignores its contribution to better-known developments in the European integration process.
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