Federal Union: the pioneers. A history of Federal Union

by Richard Mayne (1926-2009) and John Pinder, Publication date 1990

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AUTHORS

• Richard Mayne (1926-2009), was a British journalist, broadcaster, writer and advocate for closer European integration.

• John Pinder (1925-2015) was a pioneer of public policy studies and a prominent British proponent of European federalism. After serving during the Second World War in the West African Artillery, he became a press officer at the Federal Union in 1950. Pinder was President of the Union of European Federalists from 1984 until 1990 and active in the European Movement in the UK and internationally. He published extensively on the politics, economics and history of the EC/EU and of federalism. He is the author of numerous books, including ‘The Building of the European Union’ and ‘The European Union: a Very Short Introduction’. He was UEF President in 1984-1987.

ABSTRACT

Britain's relationship with its European Community partners has been bedevilled by divergent views about the aim of a political union with federal institutions. Federalism is often depicted in Britain as an alien concept with which the British cannot come to terms. Federal Union shows this view to be false.