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Address given by Harold Wilson (Strasbourg, 23 January 1967)
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Speech by Harold Wilson (Strasbourg, 23 January 1967), in Council of Europe-Consultative Assembly. Reports of the debates. Eighteenth ordinary session (Third Part). 23 to 27 January 1967. Tome III. Sittings 17 to 24. 1967, pp. 642-649.
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accession to the Community, United Kingdom
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On 23 January 1967, speaking from the platform of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, argues the case for the United Kingdom's application for accession to the European Economic Community (EEC).
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HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1957–1968 Successes and crises >> The United Kingdom and its applications for accession to the Common Market >> The United Kingdom's second application for accession to the Common Market >> General de Gaulle's second veto
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Address given by Harold Wilson (Strasbourg, 23 January 1967)
Mr. President, I am honoured to have been invited by you to address this Assembly this afternoon. I am particularly happy that this should take place under your Presidency, for your election not only gave pleasure to all your friends in the British House of Commons, but it held out hopes which have been abundantly realised that, in you, Britain was contributing a great European to the service of Europe for this period. Equally, we knew that the voice of Europe would never be silent in the British House of Commons. My mind goes back over seven years to the last time when one of our colleagues presided with such distinction over this Assembly, my very close friend — and a friend of so many here — the late John Edwards, whose tragic and untimely death took place here in Strasbourg. In all those years, John lived close to me, as he was close to me. We used to go to the House each morning in my car and return together, usually late at night. And well I remember how often he spoke of the great tides sweeping to and fro here in this Assembly, and of his great vision of the Europe that was to be, the Europe in which we all know he would have played a great and historic role. This Assembly, and all the other manifold activities which have come to fruition under the Council of Europe, represent uni (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
'Community no threat to the Queen' from The Guardian (26 July 1971)
'Terms are good-now for the issues' from The Guardian (24 June 1971)
Cartoon by Hicks on the rapprochement between the United Kingdom and Europe (30 October 1971)
Cartoon by Cummings on De Gaulle and the United Kingdom’s accession to the EEC (4 February 1965)
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