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Britain first began talks to join the EEC in July 1961. [1] The UK's applications to join in 1963 and 1967 were vetoed by the President of France , Charles de Gaulle. While it was true that Britain's economy, like many others, was struggling to recover from the high cost of the Second World War , De Gaulle had personal as well as economic ...
London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1996. Milward, A., ''The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy: The UK and The European Community: Volume 1. London and New York: Routledge, 2002; republished 2012. Saunders, Robert, Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain. (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Wall, S.
The UK had first applied to join in 1961, but this was vetoed by French President Charles de Gaulle. A second application, in 1967, was again vetoed by France. [1] After de Gaulle had relinquished the French presidency in 1969, the UK made a third and successful application for membership.
The European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), also known as the ECA 1972, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which made legal provision for the accession of the United Kingdom as a member state to the three European Communities (EC) – the European Economic Community (EEC, the 'Common Market'), European Atomic Energy Community ...
On 31 July 1961 the United Kingdom, [3] Ireland [4] and Denmark [5] applied to join the EC. In 1963, after negotiations, [ 6 ] France vetoed the United Kingdom's application because of the aversion of Charles de Gaulle to the UK, [ 4 ] which he considered a "trojan horse" for the United States. [ 1 ]
The EEC's areas of activities were enlarged and were renamed the European Community, continuing to follow the supranational structure of the EEC. The EEC institutions became those of the EU, however the Court, Parliament and Commission had only limited input in the new pillars, as they worked on a more intergovernmental system than the European ...
Interactive map of the enlargement and evolution of the European Union, excluding Greenland and Algeria. The United Kingdom, which had refused to join as a founding member, changed its policy following the Suez crisis and applied to be a member of the Communities. Other EEC members were also inclined to British membership on those grounds.
The New Old World (Verso 2009) ISBN 978-1-84467-312-4; Berend, Ivan T. The History of European Integration: A New Perspective. (Routledge, 2016). Blair, Alasdair. The European Union since 1945 (Routledge, 2014). Chaban, N. and M. Holland, eds. Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis: External Perceptions of the European Union (2014). Dedman ...