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"It was economic issues much more than political ones that kept Britain out of the European Economic Community (EEC) before 1973," How convincing is this explanation?
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"It was economic issues much more than political ones that kept Britain out of the European Economic Community (EEC) before 1973," How convincing is this explanation? The EEC has always been a talking point with the governments in power of Britain from 1951 to the present day. The political and economic issues of Britain's entrance in to the EEC have been interpreted differently by different parties. My opinion would say that there are more political issues which kept Britain out of rather than the economic issues which seem to be less scarce. There are a lot more political reasons why Britain did not enter the EEC before 1973 and the main issue being the loss of sovereignty. Britain feared it would lose sovereignty to the EEC. A loss of sovereignty would erode parliament's ability to make law and parliament would lose the ability to keep effective checks on policy making,...
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