In 1974, Le Fédéraliste européen, the publication of the Luxembourg section of the European Movement, harshly criticises the determination of the British Labour government to renegotiate the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.

On 16 March 1974, German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, concerned about the consequences of a possible British withdrawal from the common market, considers the reasons why the United Kingdom should want to renegotiate the conditions of its accession to the European Communities.

Following his previous statement of 1st April 1974 on British renegotiation, the British Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan, clarifies for his European colleagues at the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Luxembourg on 4 June 1974, the changes that he and his Government would like to see made to Community policies and decisions, with particular regard to the budgetary question.

Le 1er avril 1974, le quotidien anglais The Financial Times s'interroge sur les positions de James Callaghan, ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères, au sujet de la renégociation des conditions d'adhésion du Royaume-Uni aux Communautés européennes.

On 1 April 1974, New Zealand cartoonist Leslie Gibbard takes an ironic look at the position of French President Georges Pompidou regarding the request made by James Callaghan (left), British Foreign Secretary, for a renegotiation of the conditions governing his country’s accession to the Common Market.

On 1 April 1974, Michel Jobert, French Foreign Minister, contests the arguments put forward by his British counterpart, James Callaghan, to justify the request for renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities.

On 2 April 1974, the day after the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Luxembourg, the French daily newspaper Combat comments on the request made by James Callaghan, the British Foreign Minister, that the terms of the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Common Market be renegotiated.

On 3 April 1974, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung harshly criticises the British request for a renegotiation of the terms of British accession to the Common Market and deplores the position adopted by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who for party political reasons is putting the entire European integration process at risk in the event that his country withdraws from the Community structures.

On 3 April 1974, the French Communist daily newspaper L’Humanité comments ironically on the disagreements amongst the Foreign Ministers of the Nine at the Council of Ministers meeting held in Luxembourg on 1 April.

On 3 April 1974, the French daily newspaper Le Monde reviews Italian reactions to the statement made by the British Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan, in which he called for a renegotiation of the terms for his country’s accession to the European Communities.

Le 8 avril 1974, au lendemain du Conseil des ministres réuni à Luxembourg, l'hebdomadaire français Le Point commente la demande britannique de renégociation des conditions d'adhésion au Marché commun par James Callaghan, ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères.

In April 1974, in an article in the Italian journal Affari Esteri, Ian Davidson, leader writer and expert on European issues for the Financial Times, explains the positive aspects for the European Communities of the United Kingdom’s call for renegotiation.

On 4 June 1974, in Luxembourg, James Callaghan, British Foreign Minister, informs his European colleagues in the Council of Ministers of the position of his Government concerning the terms for the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities.

On 21 June 1974, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung criticises the political strategy of the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and questions the true determination of the United Kingdom to remain in the Common Market.

As the meeting between Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Harold Wilson is about to take place in Paris, the French daily newspaper Le Monde analyses the demands made upon the European Communities by the United Kingdom.

In July and August 1974, in the monthly publication 30 jours d'Europe, Jean-François Deniau, a former member of the European Commission, considers the circumstances that led the United Kingdom to ask for a renegotiation of the conditions for its accession to the European Communities.

On 21 September 1974, the German cartoonist, Köhler, harshly criticises the attitude of the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, notably for his use of the issue of the United Kingdom's participation in the European Communities as 'bait' for electoral purposes.

'Do you want to get off again ?' In 1974, the Member States of the European Economic Community are concerned by the decision of British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, to challenge the conditions for British accession to the Communities.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen! I would like to renegotiate the fare again!’ In 1974, the cartoonist Hans Geisen illustrates the decision taken by Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, to call into question the terms of the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities.

‘A teaspoonful a day’. In 1974, French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt attempt to persuade British Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the benefits of the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 24 October 1974, Lord Charles O'Hagan, British Conservative MP, questions the Commisssion of the European Communities on the likely consequences of the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.

Le 3 novembre 1974, le quotidien britannique The Sunday Times se penche sur l'épineuse question de la contribution financière britannique au budget de la Communauté économique européenne (CEE).

On 7 December 1974, in a speech given at a dinner hosted by the London Labour Mayors' Assocation, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, defends the United Kingdom's policy on Europe and explains his stance on the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communites.

In a letter sent on 29 December 1974 to his electors,Tony Benn, British Labour MP, warns them of the likely consequences of Britain remaining in the common market.

On 18 March 1975, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, gives an account of the talks in progress regarding the renegotiation of the initial conditions for the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities.

On 18 March 1975, British MPs hold a debate on the renegotiation of the initial conditions for the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Communities, as reviewed earlier by the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.

On 27 March 1975, the British government publishes a white paper on the outcomes of the renegotiation of the initial conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities. On 9 April, the House of Commons approves the conclusions of the white paper and votes by 398 to 172, for the country to remain part of the Community structure.

In April 1975, the British Trades Union Congress presents its demands assuming that the United Kingdom will remain in the European Economic Community (EEC) after the referendum in June 1975.

In his memoirs, former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, describes the difficult negotiations, at the time of entry in 1974, on the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.

Dans ses Mémoires, l'ancien Premier ministre britannique Edward Heath revient sur son intervention à la Chambre des Communes, le 9 avril 1975, au sujet de la demande de renégociation des conditions d'adhésion du Royaume-Uni aux Communautés européennes.

In 1974, Geoffrey Rippon, Head of the British Delegation requesting the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities, calls for the country to remain part of the Community structure.

On 10 March 1975, the day before the first Dublin European Council, Garret FitzGerald, Irish Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of Ministers of the European Communities , answers questions put by the journal 30 jours d'Europe on the issues to be addressed at the summit.

On 11 March 1975, during the Dublin European Council, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, delivers a speech on the main objectives of the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Community and reaffirms his government's determination to arrive at a compromise.

On 10 and 11 March 1975, the Heads of State or Government meeting as the European Council in Dublin adopt a political compromise whereby the British contribution to the Community budget is reduced. From left to right: Mariano Rumor, Italian Foreign Minister; François-Xavier Ortoli, President of the European Commission; Helmut Schmidt, Federal German Chancellor; Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg; Joop den Uyl, Netherlands Prime Minister; Knud Borge Andersen, Danish Foreign Minister; Liam Cosgrave, Irish Prime Minister; Valery Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic; Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, and Leo Tindemans, Belgian Prime Minister.

On 10 March 1975, the day before the first Dublin European Council, German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung lists the issues at stake in the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European common market.

On 12 March 1975, the House of Commons considers the impact of the decisions adopted the previous day in Dublin at the conclusion of the first European Council.

Au lendemain du premier Conseil européen à Dublin, le périodique britannique The Financial Times examine les objectifs et les résultats de la renégociation des conditions d'adhésion du Royaume-Uni aux Communautés européennes.

In his memoirs, former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, recalls the decisions adopted by the Nine following the first Dublin European Council (10-11 March 1975) before listing the results of the British referendum of 5 June 1975 on the country's continued membership of the European Communities.

On 18 March 1975, the British Government approves, by 16 votes to 7, the outcomes of the renegotiation of the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the EEC, by virtue of which, the country decides to remain a member of the common market. In his memoirs, Tony Benn, the then Secretary of State for Industry, recalls the debates within the Government.

In April 1975, in the monthly publication 30 jours d’Europe, Jean Sauvagnargues, French Foreign Minister, gives his interpretation of the outcome of the first Dublin European Council.

Le 9 mai 1975, le quotidien anglais The Guardian publie une intervention de Peter Shore, ministre britannique du Commerce, en faveur d'un retrait du Royaume-Uni des Communautés européennes.

On 11 May 1975, Tony Benn, British Industry Minister, is quoted by the British Sunday newspaper The Observer and denounces the loss of national sovereignty which results from the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European common market.

Discussions become strained at the European Summit held in Dublin on 10 and 11 March 1975. The United Kingdom is opposed to the other eight Member States of the European Communities and calls for the renegotiation of the conditions for its accession.

On 23 January 1975, MPs in the House of Commons debate the practical details involved in holding a national referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Communities.

In February 1975, the British Government presents a White Paper to Parliament setting out the organisational aspects of the national referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 27 February 1975, New Zealand cartoonist Leslie Gibbard takes an ironic look at the issues surrounding the forthcoming referendum to be held in June 1975 in the United Kingdom on whether or not the country should remain in the European Economic Community (EEC). On the right on the rowing boat, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister.

Le 2 mars 1975, le quotidien britannique The Sunday Times s'interroge sur la valeur juridique du référendum populaire organisé en juin 1975 en Grande-Bretagne sur la question du maintien ou non du pays dans la Communauté économique européenne (CEE).

In the spring of 1975, the British Young European Left movement encourages its fellow countrymen to vote in favour of maintaining the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Communities.

On 26 March 1975, at a Special Labour Party Conference on the national referendum concerning the European Communities, the Labour Party expresses its opposition to the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

‘Mooring is the better option.’ On 9 April 1975, Fritz Behrendt, a Dutch cartoonist originally from Berlin, illustrates the question marks over the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Economic Community and expresses concern at the consequences of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s decision to challenge the United Kingdom’s terms of accession to the Communities.

On 9 May 1975, the British newspaper the Guardian publishes an article by former British Prime Minister Edward Heath in which he describes the close historical and economic link between the United Kingdom and a united Europe.

To coincide with the referendum of 5 June 1975, the Labour Research Department, comprising the largest British trade unions, publishes a pamphlet on the disadvantages of the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

One week before the national referendum on 5 June 1975 Edwina Sandys, the grand-daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, puts on an exhibition in Chelsea portraying United Kingdom celebrities tackling the issue of Britain’s place within the common market. This picture entitled ‘Ich lerne Deutsch’ shows Margaret Thatcher learning German in the bath, a bathmat with Edward Heath’s face on it close by.

In the run-up to the popular referendum of 5 June 1975, the British Conservative Party publishes a brochure calling for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Communities.

In a referendum held on 5 June 1975, the British people vote overwhelmingly in favour of the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Communities.

Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative opposition, leaving the polling station on the occasion of the popular referendum, held on 5 June 1975, to decide on whether or not the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Communities.

In June 1975, the German cartoonist, Mussil, refers to the victory of the ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum held in the United Kingdom on whether the country should remain in the European Economic Community (EEC).

‘What did you vote for?’ ‘Was there a vote???’ ‘Well, yes! In favour Europe!’ ‘What’s Europe?’ In June 1975, commenting on the referendum held in the United Kingdom on the country’s continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), the French cartoonist, Plantu, takes an ironic look at the attitude of the British people to the EEC.

On 5 June 1975, the 'yes' vote wins the British referendum on the issue of the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC). Two days later, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung welcomes the fact that 'the family is growing' and shows united Europe's pleasure at the fact that the United Kingdom, with its strong points and shortfalls, is to remain part of the Community.

On 7 June 1975, the British Conservative tabloid the Daily Mail leads with the triumph of the ‘Yes' vote in the referendum on whether to stay in the European Economic Community (EEC) organised in the United Kingdom two days earlier.

Two days after the popular referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community, German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung analyses the impact of the vote on UK politics.

Deux jours après le résultat positif du référendum populaire sur le maintien du Royaume-Uni dans la Communauté économique européenne (CEE), le périodique anglais The Financial Times exhorte le gouvernement britannique à coopérer pleinement avec ses partenaires européens.

In a statement to the House of Commons on 9 June 1975, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson comments on the results of the referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain part of the European Communities.

Dans ses Mémoires, Edward Heath, ancien Premier ministre britannique, se souvient de la campagne menée par le Parti conservateur en faveur du maintien du Royaume-Uni au sein des Communautés européennes.