The official history of Britain and the European Community. Volume II, From rejection to referendum, 1963-1975
In: Whitehall histories: government official history series
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In: Whitehall histories: government official history series
In: Government official history series
In: The political quarterly, Band 83, Heft 2, S. 325-333
ISSN: 1467-923X
Britain decided to join the European Community because its postwar, postimperial policies had failed and successive Governments saw no viable alternative. After ten years of being denied entry by De Gaulle, Britain joined on disadvantageous terms and with the British political parties, and the British people, deeply divided. Accession did not resolve the underlying issues and Britain's first year of membership saw an unprecedented oil crisis, bad relations between Britain and the United States and the demise of the British government led by Edward Heath. The underlying issues which had not been resolved in the accession negotiations were reopened by Harold Wilson and later by Margaret Thatcher. Some of them remain unresolved in British politics to this day.
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 83, Heft 2, S. 325-333
ISSN: 0032-3179
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