I'm a firtst year student in the Bachelor of Social Sciences at the VUB. I'm doing a liturature study about a subtopic of the Brexit. My subtopic is: The UK-EU relations in history. To go even more specific, I'm researching the relation between 2 specific countries in a specific time period, namely the 20th century and the Franco-British relation. The relation between the United Kingdom and France must have an underlying explanation that the Brexit happened. At the start of the EU, the UK wasn't included and was only a fan of the NAVO. When they wanted to join in the sixties, Charles de Gaulle used his Veto right 2 times against the British membership.
Dear Rune Pieters,
There is a large literature on this issue. I find Thomas Risse's book "A Community of Europeans" particularly helpful; it focuses on the construction of identities in Europe and also includes a chapter on the matter you are interested in.
All the best,
Florian
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