Britain's entry into the European Community : report by Sir Con O'Neill on the negotiations of 1970-1972

Author(s)

• O'Neill, Con, Sir
• Hannay, David, Sir

Bibliographic Information

Britain's entry into the European Community : report by Sir Con O'Neill on the negotiations of 1970-1972

[Sir Con O'Neill] ; edited and with a foreword by Sir David Hannay

（Foreign and Commonwealth Office publications / series editors, Gill Bennett and Keith Hamilton）

Whitehall History Publishing in association with Frank Cass, 2000

• : cloth

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In January 1972 Britain signed the Treaty of Acccession to the European Community. Sir Con O'Neill, a key figure in the negotiations, gives an analysis of negotiations which had an impact on Britain's relations with Europe, and insights into the processes of multilateral diplomacy.

Table of Contents

• Part 1: Preliminaries, procedures, organisation, objectives and tactics: from May 1967 to June 1970
• the basis of the negotiations
• procedure in the negotiations
• the character of the negotiations
• organisation
• information
• United Kingdom objectives and tactics. Part 2: The problems of the negotiations and how they were solved: summary and sequence: from the start to the breakthrough: 30 June, 1970 to 23 June, 1971
• summary and sequence: from the breakthrough to the end: 29 June 1971 to 22 January, 1972
• transitional measures and periods
• transitional measures for tariffs and agricultural prices
• sugar, and association for developing commonwealth territories: the background
• sugar, and association for developing commonwealth territories: the outcome
• sterling
• New Zealand: the background
• New Zealand: negotiations and outcome
• community finance: the background
• community finance: the struggle
• community finance: the outcome
• the common commercial policy
• the other communities
• miscellaneous questions I
• miscellaneous questions II
• miscellaneous questions III
• fisheries: the background
• fisheries: the first twelve months
• fisheries: the last twelve months. Part 3: Our friends and partners: Section 1: Outside the community: our fellow candidates
• others concerned. Section 2: Inside the community: the Commission
• the five
• France: a general appraisal
• the road to the Health-Pompidou Summit. Part 4: Reflections on the negotiations: this time the luck ran our way
• did we make mistakes?
• did we get a good bargain?

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA49992096
• ISBN:
  • 0714651176
• LCCN: 00043124
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 464 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KD4015
  • DC21 : 341.242/2/0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : European Union -- Great Britain -- History Sources
  • LCSH : International and municipal law -- Great Britain -- History Sources
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA4999202X