Bringing together contributions from the eight men who have held the post of British Permanent Representative to the EC/EU, this book provides an authoritative insight into the way Britain’s relationship with its EC/EU partners has developed since accession in 1973.

• A unique and authoritative insight into the way Britain’s relationship with its EC/EU partners has developed since accession in 1973.
  
• Presents overviews of this relationship written by the eight men who have held the post of British Permanent Representative to the EC/EU.
  
• Provides a privileged view of the reality of Britain’s relationship with its EC/EU partners.
  
• Offers a fascinating insight into the changing nature of Britain and the British debate about European integration, and the changing nature of an ever larger and more complicated EU.

Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Director of the European Research Institute at the University of Birmingham. His recent publications include ‘Governing Europe’ (ed. with Jack Hayward, 2003) and ‘Britain and the EU’s Constitutional Treaty’ (2004), a working paper for Jacques Delors’ think tank, Notre Europe.