Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper

The UK and EUROPE prep               

 

Answer the following questions:

 

I)                HISTORICAL FACTS

When was the EEC officially created?

Which is the larger trading bloc, the USA or the European Union?

 

II)             ENTRY OF THE UK

Who was Prime Minister when the UK joined the EEC? When was it? What other countries joined at the same time?

What was UK’s economic interest ?

What happened in the UK in June 1975?

Was Edward Heath still Prime Minister when the referendum was held? So who is the man on the photo?

What were the main terms of the renegotiation of Britain’s EEC membership?

Who took part in the “no” campaign?

 

III)           THE BRITISH AND EUROPE

Who was interested in the European question in the 60’s?

What are the two reasons why most British people were not very enthusiastic about Europe?

When did the British start to think that belonging to the EEC was a good thing?

When was Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister?

When did Britain enter the EMS and the ERM? What were the reasons? Is Britain still in the EMS?

Why Were the British opposed to the single currency in the 90’s?

Why has the problem of agriculture always been an important one?

What is Britain’s main preoccupation today concerning Europe?

 

IV)            GE GAULLE ‘s SPEECH

 

De Gaulle was against Britain’s entry because:

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What other reasons have also been attributed to DeGaulle?

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Does he also say that Britain will never be able to join the EEC?

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