On 23 January 1975, MPs in the House of Commons debate the practical details involved in holding a national referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Communities.

In February 1975, the British Government presents a White Paper to Parliament setting out the organisational aspects of the national referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

„Aber erst sollen alle Passagiere darüber abstimmen, ob wir an Land gehen oder unsere Luxuskreuzfahrt fortsetzen …“ Am 27. Februar 1975 wirft der neuseeländische Karikaturist Leslie Gibbard einen ironischen Blick auf die Herausforderung der Volksabstimmung im Juni 1975 im Vereinigten Königreich über die Frage, ob das Land in der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft bleiben soll (EWG). Rechts im Boot: der britische Premierminister Harold Wilson.

Le 2 mars 1975, le quotidien britannique The Sunday Times s'interroge sur la valeur juridique du référendum populaire organisé en juin 1975 en Grande-Bretagne sur la question du maintien ou non du pays dans la Communauté économique européenne (CEE).

In the spring of 1975, the British Young European Left movement encourages its fellow countrymen to vote in favour of maintaining the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Communities.

On 26 March 1975, at a Special Labour Party Conference on the national referendum concerning the European Communities, the Labour Party expresses its opposition to the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

‘Mooring is the better option.’ On 9 April 1975, Fritz Behrendt, a Dutch cartoonist originally from Berlin, illustrates the question marks over the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Economic Community and expresses concern at the consequences of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s decision to challenge the United Kingdom’s terms of accession to the Communities.

On 9 May 1975, the British newspaper the Guardian publishes an article by former British Prime Minister Edward Heath in which he describes the close historical and economic link between the United Kingdom and a united Europe.

To coincide with the referendum of 5 June 1975, the Labour Research Department, comprising the largest British trade unions, publishes a pamphlet on the disadvantages of the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

One week before the national referendum on 5 June 1975 Edwina Sandys, the grand-daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, puts on an exhibition in Chelsea portraying United Kingdom celebrities tackling the issue of Britain’s place within the common market. This picture entitled ‘Ich lerne Deutsch’ shows Margaret Thatcher learning German in the bath, a bathmat with Edward Heath’s face on it close by.

In the run-up to the popular referendum of 5 June 1975, the British Conservative Party publishes a brochure calling for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Communities.

Am 5. Juni 1975 stimmen die Briten in einer Volksabstimmung mit großer Mehrheit dafür, dass das Vereinigte Königreich in den Europäischen Gemeinschaften verbleibt.

Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative opposition, leaving the polling station on the occasion of the popular referendum, held on 5 June 1975, to decide on whether or not the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Communities.

In June 1975, the German cartoonist, Mussil, refers to the victory of the ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum held in the United Kingdom on whether the country should remain in the European Economic Community (EEC).

‘What did you vote for?’ ‘Was there a vote???’ ‘Well, yes! In favour Europe!’ ‘What’s Europe?’ In June 1975, commenting on the referendum held in the United Kingdom on the country’s continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), the French cartoonist, Plantu, takes an ironic look at the attitude of the British people to the EEC.

On 5 June 1975, the 'yes' vote wins the British referendum on the issue of the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Economic Community (EEC). Two days later, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung welcomes the fact that 'the family is growing' and shows united Europe's pleasure at the fact that the United Kingdom, with its strong points and shortfalls, is to remain part of the Community.

On 7 June 1975, the British Conservative tabloid the Daily Mail leads with the triumph of the ‘Yes' vote in the referendum on whether to stay in the European Economic Community (EEC) organised in the United Kingdom two days earlier.

Deux jours après le résultat positif du référendum populaire sur le maintien du Royaume-Uni dans la Communauté économique européenne (CEE), le périodique anglais The Financial Times exhorte le gouvernement britannique à coopérer pleinement avec ses partenaires européens.

In a statement to the House of Commons on 9 June 1975, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson comments on the results of the referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain part of the European Communities.

Dans ses Mémoires, Edward Heath, ancien Premier ministre britannique, se souvient de la campagne menée par le Parti conservateur en faveur du maintien du Royaume-Uni au sein des Communautés européennes.