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The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe

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Tim O'Neill says: 24 Oct 2011 11:19

David Marquand's closing point about Scotland leaving the Union if England backs away from closer EU integration is correct. Scotland has a long tradition of embracing modernity and technological progress. Moreover, given the Scottish Nationalist Party's increasing influence, it is certain that when Queen Elizabeth dies (she is now in her mid-80s), there will be a vociferous campaign in Scotland not to accept King Charles III being crowned King of Scotland as he sits on the Stone of Scone in Westminster Abbey. I believe that this is the point at which Scotland may well decide to vote itself out of the Union. When this happens, Northern Ireland ... well, what do you think will happen in Northern Ireland?

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About this Event

13 Oct 2011 @ 12:45

You can listen and download the keynote speech in .mp3 format here.

About the Speaker:

Renowned political writer and historian, David Marquand, is a visiting fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford; an honorary fellow of two Oxford colleges – Mansfield and St Anthony’s; and honorary professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He has been a member of the British Parliament, an official of the European Commission, and principal of Mansfield College, Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of many books, including Britain since 1918.

About the Speech:

Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so, David Marquand argued in an expansive address to the Institute. Despite the ‘astounding’ breadth and depth of peaceful integration which the EU has achieved, he suggested that the European project now faces critical external and internal crises that may result in the breakup of the euro, of the European Union, and even of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Marquand considered that the ‘end of the West’ and ‘the rise of the rest’ have rendered perceptions of global power centred on US/Western Europe axis dangerously outdated. In a ‘wake up call’ to Europeans, he urged strong leadership and greater unity to meet the challenge of a new international context, and outlined his proposal for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent’s slide into irrelevance.

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