‘We all agree on the fact that Europe must at last stand as one!’ On 15 August 1960, in the Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad, Fritz Behrendt portrays the conflict between the views held by Harold Macmillan, Konrad Adenauer and General de Gaulle on the leadership of the European Community.
In this interview, Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder in 1924 of the Paneuropean Union, discusses the attitude of General de Gaulle towards European integration.
On 28 January 1963, the French response to the United Kingdom’s application for accession to the European Communities leaves no doubt as to General de Gaulle’s stance on the matter.
‘The barrier.’ On 18 May 1962, in reaction to the press conference held by General de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, the German cartoonist, Hartung, harshly criticises the Gaullist view of Europe which favours a Europe of States and is hostile to any form of supranational integration.
