The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages of monetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar policies on the issue until the end of the 1970s.

Autorentext
DAISUKE IKEMOTO is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan.

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Introduction National Political Parties and Party Systems in the Studies of European Integration Britain's Policy on EMU during the Entry Negotiation with the EEC, 1970-71 Britain and the EEC's First Steps towards EMU, 1971-74 Comparing British and French Policy on the Establishment of the EMS, 1976-79 (1): The Currency Crisis of 1976 Comparing British and French policy on the Establishment of the EMS, 1976-79 (2): The Parting of the Ways, 1978-79 Conclusion