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British Membership Veto

France · Government / European Economic Community (EEC). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1963

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle14 January 1963

Paris · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

De Gaulle publicly opposed Britain's first application to join the European Economic Community.

Names involved

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Provenance

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