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Statement by Pierre Harmel before the Belgian Senate (January 1968)
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Statement by Pierre Harmel before the Belgian Senate (January 1968)

On 17 January 1968, Pierre Harmel, Belgian Foreign Minister, outlines before the Belgian Senate the stance taken by the Belgian Government on the French veto of 19 December 1967 and emphasises the importance of the enlargement process of the European Community.

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Title Statement by Pierre Harmel before the Belgian Senate (January 1968)
Document type Text
Source Le problème de l'élargissement de la Communauté européenne dans un discours de M. Harmel, ministre des Affaires étrangères de Belgique, in Europe. Documents. 19.01.1968, No 459, pp. 1-4.
Keywords enlargement of the Community, United Kingdom
Copyright © Agence Europe S.A.
Caption On 17 January 1968, Pierre Harmel, Belgian Foreign Minister, outlines before the Belgian Senate the stance taken by the Belgian Government on the French veto of 19 December 1967 and emphasises the importance of the enlargement process of the European Community.
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 The United Kingdom's accession
Albert Coppé receives Northern Irish members of the British delegation in Brussels (Brussels, 4 October 1971)
The first enlargement
‘Let’s get blowing’ from The Guardian (24 November 1969)
The accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities (Brussels, 22 January 1972)
Letter from Christopher Soames to Lord Douglas_Home (22 June 1970)
The UK joins the European common market (1 January 1973)
Edward Heath signs the United Kingdom’s Treaty of Accession (Brussels, 22 January 1972)
Negotiations with the United Kingdom
The accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark to the European Communities (1973)
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