‘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.

On 20 January 1963, the British Sunday newspaper The Observer portrays the European ideal inspired by the vision of the French President, Charles de Gaulle.

‘Attack on Europe.’ On 10 September 1960, referring to the gunpowder plot of 1605 against the Protestant King of England, James I, the German cartoonist, Pi, illustrates the concerns of Walter Hallstein, President of the Commission of the European Economic Community, following the press conference held by General de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, on a Europe of States.

In the early 1970s, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ireland resolutely seek to join the European Economic Community (EEC). The three applicant countries sail together 'towards new shores'.

‘One less obstacle, but not the end of the road.' For the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt, a multitude of problems awaits the British Prime Minster, Harold Wilson, before the UK can accede to the European Communities, despite the exit of General de Gaulle from the political stage.

In October 1971, the issue of the United Kingdom's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) divides the leaders of the British Labour Party 'Wilson and his deputy, Jenkins'. The opinions of pro-European, Roy Jenkins, and former Prime Minister, Harold Wilson differ on the best way forward for the United Kingdom.

'Towards me!' 'Ow! Ouch! I thought we wanted a united Europe ...' The cartoonist in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung portrays the European political parties as fighting over the leadership of Europe on the occasion of the first direct elections to the European Parliament (EP).

On 9 June 1979, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung publishes a cartoon by Behrendt portraying the elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage as a historic opportunity to reunite the European peoples and to put an end to the drawn out fratricidal wars.

In June 1979, alluding to the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the German cartoonist, Felix Mussil, speculates on the real powers of the European Parliament and on the national interests that are undermining the European integration process.

On 29 March 1977, in German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt represents Europe of the Nine as 'Europe en route', bogged down by a succession of governmental crises and internal discord.