The Decision to Seek Entry into the Common Market - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

The political history of Britain and Europe during the 1960’s: why Charles de Gaulle rejected Britain’s attempts to join the EEC. This lecture analyses the background to Harold Macmillan’s decision in 1961 to join the European Community, a reversal of previous Conservative policy. Labour opposed entry, although, in office after 1964, it too sought to join the Community. But Britain’s second application in 1967, under a Labour government, also met with a rebuff from President de Gaulle of France. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believ