Britain's first application for membership in the EEC (1961)

Britain and Europe
1. History
1.1 Introduction 1.2 Research criteria
2. Major events
2.1 European Free Trade Association 2.2 Applications for EEC membership 2.2.1 First application (1961) 2.2.2 Second application (1967) 2.2.3 Entry to the EEC (1973) 2.2.4 Referendum (1975) 2.3 European projects/policies 2.3.1 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2.3.2 Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) 2.3.3 Single European Act (1986) 2.3.4 Maastricht Treary (1992)
3. Latest Developments
Latest Developments
4. Help
Abbreviations
5. Bibliography
Useful literature on Britain and Europe
Future projects
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Contact
John Alistair Kühne

Britain's first application for EEC membership was led by Harold Macmillan in 1961. According to Gamble, this initial application "formed part of a more general reassessment of Britain's place in the world, and the need to modernize British institutions". (Gamble 2003, 116)