For a Union of the West Between Europe and the United States

Edouard Balladur

Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2009 - Political Science - 94 pages

The former prime minister of France argues convincingly that Europe and America must come together in a true economic, political, and moral union if they are to preserve the preeminence of Western civilization in today's changing world.

About the author

Edouard Balladur, prime minister of France from 1993 to 1995, brought about extensive market reforms as minister of the economy in the 1980s. A leader within the Gaullist movement for many decades, he is credited with bringing mainstream French Gaullists back into a pro-European Union stance and abandoning anti-American attitudes.

Bibliographic information

• Title: For a Union of the West Between Europe and the United States; Issue 566 of Hoover Institution Press publication
• Author: Edouard Balladur
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2009
• ISBN: 0817949321, 9780817949327
• Length: 94 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Commentary & Opinion; Political Science / International Relations / General