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The Treaty Of Rome Was Signed Without Britain's Name On It.

#1 User is offline   anais-anais 

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Post icon  Posted 09 May 2009 - 05:38 PM

Hi
In 1957 the Treaty of Rome was signed without Britain's name on it 1957...So what was the real reason(s) behind that!!!!!
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Posted 10 May 2009 - 08:35 AM

The reason Britain's name wasn't on the treaty was that Britain didn't want to be part of the Common Market.
So France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany went ahead and formed it without Britain - they signed it and Britain didn't take part in the process at all.

This webpage explains.

Or was your question deeper?

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