THE ROLE OF FRANCE IN THE CREATION, CONSTRUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE ROLE OF FRANCE IN THE CREATION, CONSTRUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: The concept of united Europe started from a simple idea, being afterwards put it into facts as great political projects accomplished by common values, interests and wills that moved energies and resources in order to give birth to the same bold ideal. Who could initiate and fulfill this unification of the European states if not those with “strong voice”, such as France, which was a political, economic and military power recognized not only at European level but also at global level, a status that allowed it to assume a decisive role in the construction of united European future. The result of profound involvement hall-mark of France in this demarche is obvious; we shouldn’t forget that French Revolution slogan was: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, and if we look the EU constitutive treaties with their modification acts, inclusive Lisbon Treaty, we see the basic political values of the Union promotes exactly these precepts at all levels and temporal phases of European Union edification and maintenance among the important global geopolitical actors and, implicitly, the stabilization of France position as influent European state.

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