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Cartoon by Cummings on De Gaulle and the United Kingdom's accession to the EEC (24 February 1965)
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Cartoon by Cummings on De Gaulle and the United Kingdom's accession to the EEC (24 February 1965)

On 24 February 1965, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro depicts General de Gaulle as the leader of Europe, showing scant enthusiasm towards the British delegation who have come to negotiate the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.

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Title Cartoon by Cummings on De Gaulle and the United Kingdom's accession to the EEC (24 February 1965)
Document type Cartoon
Source Cummings, Le mois des voeux: Je suis presque certain qu'elle nous a souri., in Le Figaro. 24.02.1965
Keywords accession to the Community, United Kingdom
Copyright © Cummings
Caption On 24 February 1965, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro depicts General de Gaulle as the leader of Europe, showing scant enthusiasm towards the British delegation who have come to negotiate the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.
Location in the digital library 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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See also Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons on the Schuman Plan (27 June 1950)
Council Decision on the accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the EEC and to the EAEC (22 January 1972)
'Community no threat to the Queen' from The Guardian (26 July 1971)
Comments on the Common Market by Tony Benn (January 1963)
Joint statement by the United Kingdom and Australia (Canberra, 11 July 1961)
Statement by Harold Wilson to the House of Commons (18 March 1975)
Speech by Hugh Gaitskell (3 October 1962)
Statement by Labour’s National Executive Committee on the referendum on the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities (26 March 1975)
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