Le relazioni transatlantiche tra continuita e cambiamento: le crisi degli anni Settanta

This article deals with the relations between Europe and the United States during the 1970’s, demonstrating that they were characterized by moments of intense tensions, disagreements, and crises, reflecting the existence of different perspectives between the two sides of the Atlantic on economic and monetary issues, as well as on the process of détente and the Middle East. It will investigate the consequences of these transatlantic disagreements on the European integration process, showing that it was also thanks to the debate and confrontation with the United States, that the European Community made a qualitative leap, in its identity dimension, as demonstrated by the Declaration on European Identity adopted at the Copenhagen Summit in December 1973.