What is Europe? Where is Europe?

LSE European Institute Perspectives on Europe series

Date: Monday 19 October 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: LSE, New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Lord Wallace

Article 233 of the Treaty of Rome declared that 'any European state may apply to join the European Economic Community'. In the 1950s, only West European states were free to make that choice. Since 1989, ten states from what was the former socialist bloc have joined the EU, as well as two Mediterranian island states. Nevertheless, politicians and publics in the 'old' Western Europe still see their region as the core of Europe, and worry about further enlargement of both the EU and NATO. So where does 'Europe' stop? Are there boundaries to future enlargement?

William Wallace is emeritus professor of international relations at the LSE, and (as Lord Wallace of Saltaire) deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. He has written and lectured on the international politics of 'Europe' since the term was used to refer only to the core of Western Europe, and has been actively engaged in debates on EU and NATO enlargement since 1989.

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