Cartoon by Oesterle on the consequences of the end of the British Empire and the establishment of closer relations with Europe (28 October 1961)

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‘Towards new shores’. In 1961, the emancipation of the Commonwealth countries and the end of the British Empire are conditions for the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Economic Community (EEC). On 28 October 1961, as the British Empire ‘sinks’, German cartoonist Manfred Oesterle emphasises the efforts of Ludwig Erhard, Federal Minister for the Economy, to rescue British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in a lifeboat and bring him aboard the ship ‘Europe’, while French President de Gaulle casually observes the rescue operation without offering to help. The French President is opposed to the United Kingdom’s application for accession, citing the incompatibility between the economic interests of the continent and the United Kingdom.

Quelle und Copyright

Quelle: OESTERLE, Manfred. Zu neuen Ufern. In: Simplicissimus. 28-10-1961. Nr 44, Jahrgang 1961, p. 1. ISSN 0583-323X.

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Cartoon by Oesterle on the consequences of the end of the British Empire and the establishment of closer relations with Europe (28 October 1961)