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This 22 page paper discusses the question "has the UK participated in European integration wisely since joining the European Union in 1973?" The paper looks at the different developments and areas of integration since that date, how they have been adopted and resisted along with the results for the UK in the short and long term. The second part of the paper then explores this question with reference to the Euro, the single European currency. The bibliography cites 17 sources.
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22 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEukinteg.rtf
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views, the integration has taken place in a halting manner reflecting political opinion of the time, and many have argued that integration has not been participated in wisely. The critiques
of the euro sceptics argue that the many opportunities presented have been wasted, whilst the sceptic argue that integration has involve the abdication of too much power, placing national interests
in the hands of an international body where the UK is a minority interest. There is little to contradict the way the UK has sought to bridge the difference,
but even in this there has been a cost, without committing to either of the above paradigms the result has been ambiguously and a weak position. To examine this we
need to look at how the UK has participated in Europe allowing or resisting different forms of integration and assessing if these have been choices made wisely. To assess
if this has been undertaken wisely we have to define what is meant by wise. Wise usually means having and using knowledge. However, in this context there needs to be
a perspective. At this is from the perspective of the UK we will assume that wisely will mean managing the integration of the UK within the EU, or EEC, in
order to maximise the potential benefits without creating unacceptable cost to other members or none members. The UK joined the Common Market in 1973. The political background at the
time was support for the common market membership from the conservative government and opposition from the labour government, a partial reverse of the current situation. When the labour government came
to power in 1974 it may be argued that true integration was halted. There had already been the promise by the Labour party to hold a referendum to determine if
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