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Small States in the EU:

Explore Ireland's position as a small country within the EU, examining its population, GDP per capita, trade dependencies, agriculture, and the impact of joining the EEC. Discover how Ireland's experience of membership, including CAP payments and regional funds, has shaped its economy and diplomacy. Learn about the impact of joining the EMS and the adoption of the Euro, as well as Ireland's approach to security and its rising prosperity as the Celtic Tiger. Additionally, explore Ireland's current social attitudes, external relations, and its role in the peace process in Northern Ireland.

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Small States in the EU:

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  1. Small States in the EU: The Case of Ireland

  2. Ireland as a “small country” • Population • GDP per cap • Relative position in EU • Trade dependencies • Agriculture • Northern Ireland: as a ‘vulnerability’

  3. Entry to the EEC • Referendum 1972 • Popular opinion • Dependence on Britain • Agriculture as a bonus CAP benefits • Political spin-offs at home and abroad • Structural funds

  4. Experience of membership • CAP payments • Regional funds • Trade diversion (away from UK) • Northern Ireland ‘problem’ more easily managed • Legislation conforms with EC norms • Ireland ‘punches above its weight’ in EU diplomacy

  5. EMS experience • Traditional parity with £ Sterling • Effects of dependence on GB economy • Joined EMS: imposed discipline on Irish economy and saw end of parity with £ • Helped combat inflation • Facilitated trade with FR and DE • Euro a logical consequence from 2002

  6. Impact on security • Ireland’s neutrality • Fitting in with CFSP and ESDP • Influence of other ‘neutrals’ • Compatibility with Irish UN peacekeeping experience • Lisbon Treaty perspectives

  7. Rising prosperity in Ireland…

  8. Ireland today • Celtic Tiger: features and consequences • Role model for E and C Europe? • Immediate prospects for Irish economy • Social attitudes; religion and society; “Europeanisation” as a source of strength: parties; policies; external relations; Anglo-Irish relations; the NI “peace process” – economic aid to NI from ROI

  9. Ireland today • 8th smallest in EU (pop) • 2007 GDP per cap (EU=100) Irel=148 Lux 290 • Coalitions with other EU states change according to issue eg tax with UK, Farming with FR, Defence with SE, Comission with Lux • Schengen + JHA with UK

  10. Irelands’relative wealth

  11. Ireland today • 10% of pop is non-national • Ireland has contributed to EU through its Presidencies e.g. 1975 Lome Convention 2004 IGC • Erasmus has reinforced uniuversity chamnge • Ryanair has “integrated” people; property; mental ‘maps’

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