'The EU warts and all – confessions of a sceptical Europhile': Professor Alan Dashwood QC

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Description:	On Wednesday 5 May 2010 Professor Alan Dashwood spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club in association with Hughes Hall Law Society.


Created:	2010-05-11 15:06
Collection:	Faculty of Law general events MOVED Cambridge Law: Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law MOVED
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	D.J. Bates
Language:	eng (English)
Keywords:	European; Union; EU;


Abstract:	"The European Communities (and their successor the European Union) are the best available evidence that humankind is capable of collective self-improvement. Europe has been transformed from the cockpit of the world to a haven of peace, liberal values and economic prosperity. The paradoxical structure of the EU, as a federation of sovereign States, is well-adapted to the historical and cultural reality of Europe but there are internal contradictions in the system that place it under permanent stress. I expect the EU to survive and even to flourish but it will always be a messy and complicated enterprise."

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"The European Communities (and their successor the European Union) are the best available evidence that humankind is capable of collective self-improvement. Europe has been transformed from the cockpit of the world to a haven of peace, liberal values and economic prosperity. The paradoxical structure of the EU, as a federation of sovereign States, is well-adapted to the historical and cultural reality of Europe but there are internal contradictions in the system that place it under permanent stress.

I expect the EU to survive and even to flourish but it will always be a messy and complicated enterprise."

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