The European Union in the International System: The Général and Europe

Exposé Politique & international Relations internationales

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02/05/2008

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Français

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8 pages

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The général and Europe
The ?myth? de Gaulle and the european integration
A new take on history: Moravcsik's analysis
An intergovernmentalist approach to a complex issue

Résumé :

In France as well as in european history, général de Gaulle sits in a very special place, the place of legends and myths. Pierre Drouin said of him that he "is probably a greatest man dead than alive" . For the French popular opinion, de Gaulle was the one who liberated France from the German occupation, the one who came back from his political exile to deal with the Algerian situation. He was " a shield against outside perils and risks of civil war" . Even today, de Gaulle keeps his aura: in 2005, he was named Greatest Frenchman of all times by a popular vote on a list of 100 French personalities.

The "myth" de Gaulle and the european integration
He was one of the most controversial man of his time, with his tendency "to always rebel against something ", his hopes of grandeur for France, his "cult of independence" . Many analysts consider that this personal style influenced de Gaulle's foreign policy in general, and his european policy in particular. De Gaulle had a specific idea of europe. He wanted to propose an alternative vision to the two blocks that emerged from the Cold War in europe. In a press conference - a medium which de Gaulle was very fond of - in September 1960, De Gaulle described his vision of europe: a europe of "realities" instead of "dreams". And for him, the "realities" were the States, the "pillars" on which europe integration should be built. De Gaulle was not hostile to the european idea - he knew France could not play without it - but he was completely opposed to any transfer of sovereignty, any signs of supranationalism. The states were "the only entities who [could] give order and who [had] the authority to act" .