UK entry into the European Economic Community
GPTKB entity
Statements (17)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:approvedBy |
European Economic Community member states
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gptkbp:date |
1 January 1973
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gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:European_Communities_Act_1972
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
UK entry into the European Economic Community
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gptkbp:involvedCountry |
gptkb:European_Economic_Community
gptkb:United_Kingdom |
gptkbp:location |
Brussels, Belgium (EEC headquarters)
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gptkbp:opposedBy |
Charles de Gaulle (French President, vetoed earlier applications)
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gptkbp:precededBy |
multiple failed applications in 1961 and 1967
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gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
Brexit
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gptkbp:resultedIn |
United Kingdom became a member of the EEC
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gptkbp:supportedBy |
Edward Heath (UK Prime Minister at the time)
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:47th_UK_Parliament
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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