@article{2016:jouan:narratives,
title = {Narratives of European Integration in Times of Crisis: Images of Europe in the 1970s},
year = {2016},
note = {What should an ideal European Union look like? In 1975, Léo Tindemans
attempted to answer this question by asking the opinion of
socio-economic elites in the then nine Member states. These national
perceptions of Europe are the core of our analysis. How do they
narrate Europe? How are European integration and the European
Eco­nomic Community (EEC) depicted in their speeches? We have
observed three main narratives. First, European integration is seen as
being solely an economic process. Second, the EEC is deemed to be a
divided and non-homogenous whole, ruled by technocrats. Third, the
direct election of the European Parliament is said to be a
pre­requisite to democratizing the European political system. This
paper highlights the permanence of such narratives up to the present
day. It also explains how all three narratives rest on one central
theme: the need to bring Europe closer to its citizens, an issue that
must be historicized due to its vivid relevance in the present.},
journal = {JEIH Journal of European Integration History},
pages = {11--28},
author = {JOUAN, Quentin},
volume = {22},
number = {1}
}