TY - BOOK ID - 4891563 TI - Sometimes speaking with a single voice : the European Community as an international actor, 1969-1979 PY - 2016 VL - 95 95 SN - 09442294 SN - 9782875743503 9783035266238 2875743503 PB - Bruxelles : Peter Lang, DB - UniCat KW - European federation. KW - European communities. KW - European cooperation. KW - Construction européenne KW - Communautés européennes KW - Coopération européenne KW - European Economic Community countries KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - Foreign relations. KW - Relations extérieures KW - Europe KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Construction de l'Europe KW - Estados Unidos da Europa KW - Europe -- Fédération KW - Europe -- Intégration KW - Europe -- Intégration politique KW - Europe -- Organisation économique et politique KW - European cooperation KW - European federation KW - European state KW - Europese eenmaking KW - Europese federatie KW - Europese integratie KW - Europese samenwerking KW - Federation of Europe KW - Fédéralisme européen KW - Fédération européenne KW - Intégration européenne KW - Intégration politique européenne KW - Pan Europa movement KW - Paneuropean federation KW - Unification de l'Europe KW - Unification européenne KW - United States of Europe (Proposed) KW - Unité européenne KW - Vereinigten Staaten von Europa KW - Verenigde Staten van Europa KW - États-Unis d'Europe KW - Construction européenne KW - Communautés européennes KW - Coopération européenne KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - Relations extérieures KW - Foreign relations KW - 20th century KW - Politics and government KW - European communities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4891563 AB - In the late 1960s, the European Community was a loose association of countries focusing on economic matters. By the late 1970s, it had become a real international actor: member states had started to coordinate their foreign policies, the EC had joined the United Nations and the G7, and it had established direct relations with almost all of the world's countries. What happened in those years?This book provides the first comprehensive historical account of the early phase of the EC member states' cooperation in international affairs. Community activities, the European Political Cooperation and the European Council are all considered, relying on a wide range of archival sources. Why did the EC member states decide to cooperate in international affairs? How did they do it, and in which domains? What idea of Europe as an actor on the global stage did they put forward?As the author shows, the EC stressed its own profile as a "force for good" in international affairs - especially with regard to development cooperation, the reform of the international system, and human rights promotion. In the early phase of the EC's international activity one can find the origins of many traits - and flaws - of the EU's foreign policy nowadays. ER -