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Ireland's accession
TextDenmark's accession
TextNorway's refusal
TextThe Hague Summit
TextWhy the EAEC failed
TextFrance and NATO
TextAddress given by Winston Churchill to the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 11 August 1950)
TextOn 11 August 1950, the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe adopts a motion tabled by Winston Churchill which calls for the immediate establishment of a European army so as to form a bulwark against Communism.
East-West policy
TextPlans for the EDC
TextCeremony to mark the signing of the Washington Treaty (4 April 1949)
BildOn 4 April 1949, in Washington, Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, gives an address during the ceremony to mark the signing of the agreement establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Cartoon by Behrendt on de Gaulle and NATO (1965)
BildDuring the 1965 ‘NATO appeal’, General de Gaulle clearly underlines the separate role that France expects to play within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Cartoon on the reactions of France and the FRG to the prospect of the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities (20 January 1963)
Bild‘Adenauer plays the role of mediator. “Charlie, we have to show goodwill: give Mac a bit, too, when we divide up the bull …”’ On 20 January 1963, the Austrian Socialist daily newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung portrays the uncharitable attitude of General de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, and of the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, towards the United Kingdom’s possible accession to the European Communities.
Cartoon by Cummings on De Gaulle and the United Kingdom's accession to the EEC (24 February 1965)
BildOn 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.
Signature of The Ten (Brussels, 22 January 1972)
BildOn 22 January 1972, Walter Hallstein, Joseph Bech, Paul-Henri Spaak, Jean Monnet, Jean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers et Jean Duvieusart, in particular, attend the ceremony to mark the signature of the Treaties of Accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the European Communities.