On 1 April 1958, in connection with the debates on the establishment of a single free trade area in Europe, British cartoonist David Low illustrates the dilemma facing the United Kingdom: to remain loyal to the Commonwealth or to establish closer relations with continental Europe. The leading figures from each camp try to promote their ideas: Reginald Maudling, HM Paymaster General, and David Eccles, President of the Board of Trade, are in favour of a rapprochement with continental Europe, while Robert Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, John George Diefenbaker, Canadian Prime Minister, and Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister, emphasise the deep links between Britain and the Commonwealth.