Britain's Role in Europe

Britain?s Role in Europe

Report of International Conference, organized by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, in cooperation with the British Embassy in The Hague, The Hague, 16 January 1998.

Editors: Alfred Pijpers and Alex Voorhoeve

With contributions by: Alfred van Staden, Rosemary Spencer, David Eades, Friedl Weiss, Frits Bolkestein, Douglas Henderson, Desmond Dinan, Shirley Williams, Rick van der Ploeg, Monica den Boer, Keith Hellawell, Jörg Monar, Thom de Graaf, Geoffrey Edwards, Otto von der Gablentz, William Wallace, Michiel Patijn.

?The task of the Presidency must include not only employment creation, but also the issues of poverty and increasing inequality. Can one strike a balance between competitiveness and compassion??

Shirley Williams

?I agree with David Owen who once declared, ?In the future, the UK must moor permanently alongside continental Europe instead of merely swinging at anchor in the Channel?. And it will be equally clear that I do not belong to those Dutch politicians who believe that the Netherlands should seek shelter in the armpit of the Franco-German axis.?

Frits Bolkestein