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Funding British membership in the EC/EU: The awkward quarrels over contributions, CAP funding and UK rebates.
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Funding British membership in the EC/EU: The awkward quarrels over contributions, CAP funding and UK rebates. Britain has often been described as an "awkward partner" in relation to European Integration. It is, nevertheless, a major player in the process of integration. Britain finally joined the EC in 1973. On 9th may 1950 the French foreign minister, Robert Schuman, announced a plan for France and Germany to pool coal and steel production under a High Authority. He also invited other European nations to join them, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands (the Benelux states), Italy and Britain. The Benelux states and Italy accepted the offer. The six nations signed the treaty of Paris in April 1952; the ECSC came into operation in July 1952. Britain declined the offer. The negative attitude of the British government has been looked at thoroughly. All accounts accept the there were certain peculiarities of the British position that made it highly unlikely...
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