In an address to the House of Commons on 19 July 1965, the British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, expresses his hope that a rapid solution will be found to the internal crisis affecting the European Community and reaffirms the importance of political unity in Europe.

General Charles de Gaulle, President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1945 to 1946 then President of the French Republic from 1 June 1958 to 28 April 1969.

‘On the road towards the EEC', the French president, Charles de Gaulle, represents the biggest and most difficult obstacle to overcome for the British prime minister, Harold Wilson.