‘Adenauer plays the role of mediator. “Charlie, we have to show goodwill: give Mac a bit, too, when we divide up the bull …”’ On 20 January 1963, the Austrian Socialist daily newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung portrays the uncharitable attitude of General de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, and of the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, towards the United Kingdom’s possible accession to the European Communities.