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It was established in Chapter 1 that the EU is the most significant and influential of all international economic integration (IEI) schemes. But why have the Europeans pursued IEI? That was one of the questions raised at the end of that chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the answer.
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El-Agraa, A.M. (2015). The Passage to the EU. In: The European Union Illuminated. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137533654_3
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