The French Spirit and the British Intruder

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield gives the second of his Reith lectures from his series entitled 'Europe: Journey to an Unknown Destination'. In this lecture entitled 'The French Spirit and the British Intruder', Sir Andrew Shonfield identifies the problems in creating a European Federation. He explores how political identity is mixed up with national identity, and explains why certain countries find it harder to join the European Community than others. Looking at the British and French feelings toward the union, he argues that compromise is the only way that the European Community can work effectively.

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The French Spirit and the British Intruder is an episode from The Reith Lectures: Archive 1948-1975 by BBC.

This episode is 28:34 long.

This episode was published on Nov 14, 1972.

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