Quite amusing listening to the Chris Evans Breakfast show this morning which included a bit of a time travel slot and an extract from 1967 with the UK's second application to join the then "Common market" being rebuffed.
The amusing element came from it being France blocking the UK's application to join based upon the weakness of its economy, a balance of payments deficit, and the role of sterling as a world reserve currency.
Doesn't seem like much has changed since 1967 then.
Doesn't seem like much has changed since 1967 then.
This was the second such veto by France and it has been latterly recorded as being politically motivated, particularly so in the case of President Charles de Gaulle.
Related articles:
- http://astheysawit.com: 1967: Europe
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