For Pierre Mendès France, President of the Council and French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the die has already been cast several days before the French National Assembly votes to reject the EDC Treaty.
On 18 April 1975, in his daily radio report from Brussels, the journalist, Jean-Charles De Keyser, focuses on the problems of agricultural surpluses in the European Economic Community (EEC).
On 23 March 1971, RTL radio’s news bulletin reports on the violent demonstration by European farmers in the streets of Brussels against the Mansholt Plan for reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).
On 2 December 1969, the second day of the Hague Summit, Philippe Heyman, RTL journalist, reviews the possibility of the United Kingdom’s accession to the European Communities and the evolution of the European Communities since the end of the Second World War.
On 10 November 1969, in a broadcast on RTL, the journalist Jean Ferniot considers the issues to be raised at the European Summit, due to take place on 1 and 2 December in The Hague.
In his radio broadcast of 20 May 1971, journalist, Jean Ferniot, examines the scope of the meeting, on 20 and 21 May 1971 in Paris, between French President, George Pompidou, and British Prime Minister, Edward Heath, to discuss the United Kingdom's accession to the European common market.
On 20 September 1971, in his programme for RTL radio, the journalist, Jean Ferniot, considers the implications of political rapprochement between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the Soviet Union.
On 23 March 1971, a demonstration of European farmers against the agricultural reforms included in the Mansholt Plan leave one demonstrator dead and more than 100 injured.
On 22 January 1972, in Brussels, Edward Heath, British Prime Minister, signs the United Kingdom's Treaty of Accession to the European Communities one hour later than anticipated after having been sprayed with ink by a demonstrator opposed to British accession upon his arrival at the Palais d'Egmont.
In the summer of 1971, the Edward Heath Government conducts a vigorous propaganda campaign in the UK in support of accession to the Common Market. The campaign commences following the talks held at the Élysée Palace between the British Prime Minister and the French President, Georges Pompidou.
