Download or read book 'European Integration Since 1945 Has Contributed to Saving Rather Than Undermining the European Nation State' - A Discussion written by Katrin Schmidt and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,1, University of Nottingham (Nottingham Trent University), 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: European integration has been undergoing a special development recently. 2005 has been a decisive year for the future of the European Union and its member states. The draft of the Constitutional Treaty due to be ratified by the European member states has not been accepted by the Dutch and the French people. What impact do those decisions have on the European nation state? Do they state that European integration has saved the nation state implying that there will be no future federal European state? In what way has European integration undermined the nation state since 1945?