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10.
All this has been true for centuries,
but in the past 25 years there have been
two major developments which have brought
Britain inexorably closer to her continental
neighbours. First, european countries
the big ones are for the first time
dwarfed, politically and economically,
even
by other powers. Since 1945 the Soviet Union
has at least realised a political and
military potential which is more than a
match for the Europeans. The United States
of America, the great and irreplaceable
friend of your country and mine, is so
powerful economically that she will
inevitably take over European industry
piecemeal unless we Europeans can create a
within
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together and pool their resources.
countries are also emerging which will
probably soon be more powerful in economic
terms than any single European country.
Japan is already in that class. So
there is among Europeans now a tremendous need
for, and a tremendous urge towards
greater political and economic unity.
The European Communities have already
shown that they can to some extent protect
the interests of their members by the
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