Britain and euroland. A collection of essays

Book abstract:

A collection of essays from the Federal Trust on Britain's troubled relations with its European partners within the Union. This book covers the range of problem issues: politics, economics, financial services, public opinion, national sovereignty, New Labour, Gordon Brown's five tests and the Third Way. It points to the fault lines that could yet wreck the Euro and asks if this new currency is really a Franco-German affair.

The ten essays are: The Euro and financial services; The Euro and taxes; The politics of the Euro; The British: reluctant Europeans; New Labour and the Euro: the five tests; The foreign policy of the Euro; Euroland and 'national sovereignty'; The Euro contest: a Franco-German affair; The fault lines that could destroy the Euro; The Third Way and the Euro: the conception of a new political language?

The book has a foreword by Lord Simon of Highbury, adviser to the Cabinet Office and former Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe at the Department of Trade and Industry and H.M.Treasury. Contributions come from distinguished business people, academics and politicians including Howard Davies, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Robert Worcester, Chairman of MORI International, and Lord Taverne QC, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson in the House of Lords.

Stephen Haseler is Professor of Government at London Guildhall University and co-director of the Euro Research Forum. Jacques Reland is Senior Lecturer in French and European Studies and co-director of the Euro Research Forum at London Guildhall University.

This book will be essential reading for all those interested in European issues, international relations, trade and investment.