Brendan Young

[Paper presented to the “Socialists and a Welsh Assembly” Conference, Cardiff, 19 July, 1997.]

When we discuss both the present position and the future development of Wales as a political and economic entity within the EU, we must always bear in mind the economics and politics of the EU. Any discussion that makes reference to “Europe”, but ignores the fact that the structures and politics of the EU are intended to make possible the best conditions for capitalist accumulation across Western Europe, will not be able to make an adequate analysis of the dynamics of European integration or the place of Wales in that process.

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