On Wednesday 5 May 2010 Professor Alan Dashwood spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club in association with Hughes Hall Law Society.

Abstract:

The European Communities (and their successor the European Union) are the best available evidence that humankind is capable of collective self-improvement. Europe has been transformed from the cockpit of the world to a haven of peace, liberal values and economic prosperity. The paradoxical structure of the EU, as a federation of sovereign States, is well-adapted to the historical and cultural reality of Europe but there are internal contradictions in the system that place it under permanent stress.

I expect the EU to survive and even to flourish but it will always be a messy and complicated enterprise.

The following resources are available:

• Video;
• Audio.

Added on 11/05/2010.

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