INTRODUCTION The European Community

THE CONTEMPORARY ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITY IN WORLD POLITICS

As the EC is comprised of a number of separate communities with memberships drawn from the same population of nations (although not all nations within the population are members, or full members, of each of the separate communities), it is necessary to consider the community structure, in order to be able to understand why the EC acts as it does in external relations. Further, as the greatest unity among the member nations of the EC has occurred within the economic sphere, it is also necessary to consider the external relations of the EC in an economic context, as well as in a political context. Lastly, of the 12 member states of the EC, only Ireland is not also a member of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Canada, Iceland, Norway, the United States (US), and Turkey are also members of NATO. The actions taken by NATO have significant impacts on world politics; therefore, the external relations of the EC m

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es of the RSA in an admirable manner. The Front Line States have sought political support from the EC, as they have been unable to gain it from the US, in their struggle against the RSA. There is strong sentiment within the EC for support of the Front Line States, and for effective action against the RSA. The UK, however, adamantly opposes sanctions against the RSA, and the Federal Republic of Germany. This is a consequence of its business interests in the RSA, which have not supported strong EC actions against the RSA. The net result, in the context of the external relations of the EC, has been no effective unified political action on the part of the EC against the RSA. Thus, whether the Front Line States and allied organizations in southern Africa were communist or leftleaning originally, they will probably find no where else to turn for help in the future, but the east bloc states. This is likely to continue as long as the US and the UK continue to cling to the whiteled government of the RSA and the EC is unable to take decisive political action in the international arena when one or more of its member states opposes such action. In an economic and cultural context, the EC is able to take effective, unified
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