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Enlarging the European Union

The Commission Seeking Influence, 1961-1973

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Michael J. Geary

    1. Maastricht University, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Commission and Britain’s First Application

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 15-42

  4. The Commission and the Irish Application

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 43-61

  5. From Veto to Veto: Britain and the Commission

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 62-86

  6. Ireland and the Policy of Failure

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 87-104

  7. Navigating the Gaullist Veto

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 105-132

  8. La Bataille des Chiffres

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 133-158

  9. Challenging the Acquis

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 159-180

  10. Conclusions

    • Michael J. Geary
    Pages 181-186

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 187-257
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About this book

The book presents a new history of the first enlargement of the EU. It charts the attempts by the European Commission to influence the outcome of the British and Irish bids to join the Common Market during the 1960s and 1970s. The most politically divisive EU enlargement is examined through extensive research in British, Irish, EU, and US archives.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Maastricht University, The Netherlands

    Michael J. Geary

About the author

Michael J. Geary is a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., USA, and Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He has previously held a Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship at the Catholic University of America (D.C.), and a European Parliament-Geremek Research Fellowship at the College of Europe (Warsaw). He holds a Ph.D. from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

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