
Description
When the European Community was set up in 1958, the forerunner to today's European Union, Britain declined to join. By 1961, however, the British Government had decided the country's interests woul...d be best served by joining Europe. This video is a talk, by Luc-Andre Brunet, a Lecturer in Twentieth-Century European History at The Open University, who examined the arguments made for and against joining, and considered what brought about this dramatic reversal in Britain's position with regards to Europe.
When the European Community was set up in 1958, the forerunner to today's European Union, Britain declined to join. By 1961, however, the British Government had decided the country's interests woul...d be best served by joining Europe. This video is a talk, by Luc-Andre Brunet, a Lecturer in Twentieth-Century European History at The Open University, who examined the arguments made for and against joining, and considered what brought about this dramatic reversal in Britain's position with regards to Europe.
First transmission date: | 22-01-2019 |
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Published: | 2019 |
Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk. |
Duration: | 00:55:24 |
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Contributor: | Luc-Andre Brunet |
Publisher: | The Open University |
Link to related site: | External url: https://youtu.be/Gjx6nbBVL1U |
Production number: | OUR00223 |
Available to public: | no |