Filling the EEC leadership vacuum? The creation of the European Council in 1974Footnote

Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol has a PhD from the European University Institute (Florence) entitled ‘The Emergence of a European Bloc? A Trans- and Supranational History of European Monetary Cooperation, from the Failure of the Werner Plan to the Creation of the European Monetary System, 1974-1979’. His current research explores the role and impact of institutionalised summitry (G7 and European Council) in international relations from the mid-1970s until the late 1980s. He has an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from the Strasbourg Institut d'Études Politiques.

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