GB ATTITUDE TO EUROPE (1945-1973)
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- GB ATTITUDE TO EUROPE (1945-1973)
- Political organisation
- GB DID NOT TAKE MESSINA CONFER. SERIOUSLY (1955) - THIS MARKS THE START OF THE EEC.
- GB BACKS EFTA INSTEAD OF EEC - EFTA DOES NOT THREATEN GB SOVEREIGNTY, WORK THE TARIFF REDUCTION + HOPED WOULD ENABLE TO INFLUENCE EUROPE
- EFTA NOT AS SUCCESS AS EEC - FROM 1953-63, UK INCREASE OF EXPORTS 40%, WHILE 'THE SIX' = 140%
- GB DID NOT SIGN TREATY OF ROME
- MISS OUT ON EEC ('MISS BUS')
- GB DID NOT TAKE MESSINA CONFER. SERIOUSLY (1955) - THIS MARKS THE START OF THE EEC.
- GB BACKS EFTA INSTEAD OF EEC - EFTA DOES NOT THREATEN GB SOVEREIGNTY, WORK THE TARIFF REDUCTION + HOPED WOULD ENABLE TO INFLUENCE EUROPE
- EFTA NOT AS SUCCESS AS EEC - FROM 1953-63, UK INCREASE OF EXPORTS 40%, WHILE 'THE SIX' = 140%
- GB DID NOT SIGN TREATY OF ROME
- MISS OUT ON EEC ('MISS BUS')
- MISS OUT ON EEC ('MISS BUS')
- GB BACKS EFTA INSTEAD OF EEC - EFTA DOES NOT THREATEN GB SOVEREIGNTY, WORK THE TARIFF REDUCTION + HOPED WOULD ENABLE TO INFLUENCE EUROPE
- GB DID NOT TAKE MESSINA CONFER. SERIOUSLY (1955) - THIS MARKS THE START OF THE EEC.
- MISS OUT ON EEC ('MISS BUS')
- GB BACKS EFTA INSTEAD OF EEC - EFTA DOES NOT THREATEN GB SOVEREIGNTY, WORK THE TARIFF REDUCTION + HOPED WOULD ENABLE TO INFLUENCE EUROPE
- GB DOES NOT AGREE WITH SCHUMAN PLAN - (SHARING OF COAL AND STEEL) DUE TO SUPRANAT. THREATEN GB SOVEREIGNTY
- GB NOT INVOLVED IN ECSC (SET UP IN 1952.)
- EDC = United European defence force (THREATEN GB SOVEREIGNTY)
- GB DID NOT TAKE MESSINA CONFER. SERIOUSLY (1955) - THIS MARKS THE START OF THE EEC.
- Economic
- Individual figures
- De Gaulle
- 1. STOPPED MACMILLAN - APPLY IN 1961
- 2. STOPPED WILSON - APPLY IN 1967
- DE GAULLE RESIGNS IN1969
- 2. STOPPED WILSON - APPLY IN 1967
- 1. STOPPED MACMILLAN - APPLY IN 1961
- Pompidou
- HEATH BEFRIENDS POMPIDOU - PLAYS DOWN RELATIONS WITH US, POMPIDOU ACCEPTS = GB ACCEPTS POOR CONDITIONS
- De Gaulle
- Political (Global)
- USA
- Special relationship = prioritised over Europe.
- USA provided Britain with loans after war = economically dependent on USA.
- However, Britan announced that it no longer needed its quota of economic aid in 1949.
- Less importance of USA'S special relationship.
- However, Britan announced that it no longer needed its quota of economic aid in 1949.
- USA provided defence when Europe was weak after WW2.
- In the build up of the cold war, this defence by the USA was even more crucial.
- Britain had not built the H bomb until 1955, whereas, USA + USSR had tested by 1953.
- In the build up of the cold war, this defence by the USA was even more crucial.
- USA provided Britain with loans after war = economically dependent on USA.
- Special relationship = prioritised over Europe.
- CONCERN OF COMMONWEALTH
- USA
- Political organisation
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