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The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(3):323-326; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm047
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

European Public Health Association

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   President’s Column: Rome, Europe and the rest of the world
 
The attraction of Rome during the celebrations of the European Union (EU) jubilee was magnetic. Two trips there towards the end of March gave food for thought on the broader implications of the signing of the Treaty of Rome 50 years ago. As someone who is outside the EU (or is Switzerland ‘inside’ the EU?), this would seem to be the politically correct approach. With the growing influence of the EU in the EUropean area, the existence of a non-EU president of EUPHA is a reminder—sometimes necessary—that the ‘EU’ in European Public Health Association (EUPHA) is not the EU, but EUrope.

As significant as this single step (the signing of the Treaty of Rome) was in the construction of Europe, it is best seen as one more milestone in the ever growing system of supranational governance. With the emergence of nation-states following the peace of Westphalia in 1648, the world . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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