The Idea of Europe at the Origins of the European People’s Party. The Making of the European Manifesto and of the EPP’s Political Programme

Jacopo CELLINI

doi:10.5771/0947-9511-2018-1-79

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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–8 Introduction Fernando GUIRAO Fernando GUIRAO 5–8
- 9–30 A Pragmatic Visionary Through a Century of Change – Pierre Werner Elena DANESCU Elena DANESCU 9–30
- 31–58 Durable dans les attentes, non durable dans la réalité:le développement durable de la PAC à l’épreuve des faits, 1957-2008 Giuliana LASCHI Giuliana LASCHI 31–58
- 59–78 The Genscher-Colombo Plan: A forgotten page in the European Integration History Deborah CUCCIA Deborah CUCCIA 59–78
- 79–94 The Idea of Europe at the Origins of the European People’s Party. The Making of the European Manifesto and of the EPP’s Political Programme Jacopo CELLINI Jacopo CELLINI 79–94
- 95–114 Ignoring Europe? Reassessing the British Labour Party’s Policy towards European Integration, 1951-60 Matthew Broad Matthew Broad 95–114
- 115–142 The intricate question of European democracy: national parliamentary debates on the European Elections Act of 1976 Hilde Reiding, Joachim Wintzer, Thorsten BORRING OLESEN, Marloes BEERS, , Valentine LOMELLINI Hilde Reiding, Joachim Wintzer, Thorsten BORRING OLESEN, Marloes BEERS, , Valentine LOMELLINI 115–142
- 143–166 Does the EU Have a Past? Narratives of European Integration History and the Union’s Public Awareness Deficit Kiran Klaus PATEL, Alexandros SIANOS, Sophie VANHOONACKER Kiran Klaus PATEL, Alexandros SIANOS, Sophie VANHOONACKER 143–166
- 167–186 L’OIT et les nouveaux États africains (1945-1963): un régionalisme de transition face au défi de la décolonisation Nadjib SOUAMAA Nadjib SOUAMAA 167–186
- 187–210 Book reviews – Comptes rendus – Buchbesprechungen 187–210
- 211–212 PHD Theses – Thèses de doctorat – Doktorarbeiten 211–212
- 213–222 Abstracts – Résumés – Zusammenfassungen 213–222
- 223–224 Contributors – Auteurs – Autoren 223–224
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JEIH Journal of European Integration History , Seite 79 - 94

The Idea of Europe at the Origins of the European People’s Party. The Making of the European Manifesto and of the EPP’s Political Programme

Autoren

Jacopo CELLINI

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0947-9511-2018-1-79
- ISSN print: 0947-9511
- ISSN online: 0947-9511
- Nomos, Baden-Baden Nomos, Baden-Baden
Abstract

This article aims at reconstructing the theoretical framework, which supported the idea of Europe of the European Christian Democracy during the 1970s. I examined the works of the Ideological Commission of the European Union of Christian Democrats (EUCD), which elaborated the European Manifesto (1976), and of the workgroup for the political programme of the European People’s Party (EPP), issued at the end of 1977. I argue that Christian Democracy’s idea of Europe was recognizable and distinct, especially for what concerns its connections to a religious worldview, which are still ascertainable in the early stages of the EPP’s history. The Christian democratic political culture was less ideologically structured than others, but also more flexible and expendable in political negotiations. At the same time, the gap between ideas and their implementation was not negligible: cultural elaboration and political action moved at different speed, because of the role played by external factors and diverging interests at national and party level.
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