Charles De Gaulle’s Vision for a United Europe through his Second World War Speeches

Abstract

Due to the Brexit agreement, the former French President Charles de Gaulle comes to the fore again. His veto of Britain’s application to join the EEC (in 1963 and 1967) becomes timely today. In the past, he was treated as an obstacle to the European unification process, but today he is seen as an insightful politician with intuitive thinking. On this basis, an overall re-evaluation of his political trajectory may be necessary. This article focuses upon the speeches de Gaulle gave in the Second World War and proceeds to some remarks on how he truly envisaged an integrated Europe during that period of time.

Keywords

• charles de gaulle
• european union
• foreign policy
• second world war
• avrupa birliği
• charles de gaulle
• dış politika
• i̇kinci dünya savaşı