Small states diplomacy; Luxembourg; European Integration Process; European institutions; Economic and Monetary Union; Multilateralism; International organisations; Luxembourg compromise; Schengen agreement; EU enlargement; Maastricht Treaty; European Single Act; ECSC; EEC; Euratom; European Court of Justice; European Court of Auditors; European Investment Bank; Joseph Bech; Pierre Werner; Jacques Santer; Jean-Claude Juncker; Xavier Bettel; Multimedia archives
Abstract :
[en] After the Second World War, in line with its new strategic choice Luxembourg resolutely set out on the road to international multilateralism and European integration, being in 1951 one of the six founding members of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), and in 1952 - the workplace of the newly established European Community institutions. Since then, Luxembourg has played and continues to act as a mediator and a force for ideas in the EU, either as a member State, or through some of its leaders (including Joseph Bech, Pierre Werner, Gaston Thorn, Jacques Santer, Jean-Claude Juncker). Based on a wide range of sources from public and private archives, this presentation aims to illustrate how the Grand-Duchy had become a master of small states diplomacy and a consensus builder in the European integration history, and to demonstrate that the influential nature if its leadership gave Luxembourg a role that far outweighed the country’s socio-economic impact.
Research center :
Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre for the History of European Integration European University Institute Florence (EUI) The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) Università Europea di Roma - Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others History European & international law General economics & history of economic thought
Author, co-author :
Danescu, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History
Language :
English
Title :
Small States Diplomacy in Action. Luxembourg in the European Integration History
Publication date :
30 May 2022
Number of pages :
22 + 4
Event name :
EUI Florence Research Seminar Series
Event organizer :
Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre for the History of European Integration European University Institute Florence (EUI) The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU)
Event place :
hybrid event (online via Zoom and on-spot - EUI Florence), Italy