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	Podcast:		Witness
	Episode:		When France Said 'Non' To Britain Joining Europe
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:09:07
	Publish Date:		2018-01-11 03:00:00
	Description:		In 1963 France stopped Britain from joining the European Economic Community, now the EU. The news shocked Britain which had been negotiating to join the EEC for more than a year. Claire Bowes has been speaking to Juliet Campbell, a diplomat who was at the talks in Brussels about the moment when Britain was shut out of the club which was making Europe prosperous. Photo: 14th January 1963 Charles de Gaulle, President of France, at a press conference during which he stated that Britain was not ready to join the Common Market except on special terms. (Credit: Central Press/Getty Images)
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