Britain's New Labour Government's European Integration Policy Research

After the cold war, the international situation has undergone significant changes: globalization swept across the world, for countries has brought new challenges and opportunities; The end of the cold war led to western countries the relationship between the new combination happens, Britain’s traditional geosuperiority down; Along with the European Union in the integration of the direction of further development, and its overall strength and international influence is increasing day by day, for Britain rely on deepening; And the conservative government of the stiff long-term European policy, the relationship that the constant alienated, the British in the European Union in increasingly isolated, British and American special relationship is weakened. In short, British foreign faced a serious international environment.Faced with the severe reality, Tony Blair on the new Labour leader, reviewing and adjusted the British foreign policy. New Labour government began to adopt a positive attitude on the cooperation with the European Union, trying to change the past its hard to cooperation partner of the image. Specifically, the new Labour government in the eu institutions reform in a positive attitude; European economic monetary union to adopt flexible policy, and promote the establishment of the euro zone; To support the European social policy, signed the social charter "; And the actively promote Europe independent defense construction, in which to play a leading role. However, not all of England in the European Union, in the development of the relationship is still often have some contradictions appearance, causes the eu other member states to its real intentions are skeptical. For example, support the eu institutions reform, but don’t give up British autonomy; For the eu economic monetary plan, but refused to join the euro zone; Promote European defense construction, but insist on NATO’s subject; Follow the United States in the war in Iraq, the European Union for common foreign unattended. This makes Britain’s policy to reflect the pragmatic, the inheritance and flexibility characteristics.And the new Labour government policies towards European history subject to form on the attitude of a great nation, strong parliamentary sovereignty and the relationship between the American and British view special role, the British and can’t devoted into the European Union. But overall, the new Labour government to the policy compared to the former conservative government still has a larger degree of progressive significance, it quickly improved Britain and the European Union fast-frozen relations; At the same time, the policy also cause domestic and European Union members in question.