Retour sur « l’esprit de Westminster » (1949) : l’urgence d’une Europe économique unie

Françoise Berger (1)

1 PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales

By organizing a major economic conference in Westminster in April 1949, the European Movement wanted to propose pragmatic solutions to European governments in order to achieve, within a limited time, a genuine European economic union. The proposed resolutions, sometimes very innovative, especially on industry, were the result of lengthy preparation and a conference in which personalities from all economic circles debated. The tendencies represented are very broad, but the desire to achieve at a clear and simple discourse has enabled compromises. The hopes placed in the Council of Europe were, however, immediately disappointed, because of the blockade by the British and the northern countries.

Mots clés: Mouvement européen; construction économique européenne; Westminster

Domaines: Histoire

Françoise Berger. Retour sur « l’esprit de Westminster » (1949) : l’urgence d’une Europe économique unie. Sylvain Schirmann; Jürgen Elvert; Michel Dumoulin. Stratégies et acteurs. Construire l'Europe au XXe siècle / Strategies and actors. Building Europe in the XXth century, , pp.177-194, 2022, 978-3-515-13099-8. ⟨halshs-02929822⟩