DBWI the UK joins the EU

shiftygiant

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There is a reason Charles DeGaulle was so violently opposed to this...
De Gaulle opposed entry in the 60's due to the fear Britain was a backdoor for American influence. Without such, given his and Macmillan's personal relationship, he would have let Britain join earlier. So I imagine that had Macmillan been more willing to stand up to the Americans, de Gaulle would have (reluctantly) let Britain in.

OOC: This is OTL, though it's applicable to ITTL as well.
 
Well, being a part of continent-wide superstate, even a superpower nowadays, would have it's perks even aside from the usual pro-eu propaganda points of "free travel" and "common destiny". Free movement of goods with it's biggest trade partner would help UK's economy, as well as free movement of services may help The City to finally outcompete Frankfurt.

Eh, I don't know. Germany has a slightly larger population than Britain, and by working in concert with France they can dominate Europe through votes, as indeed they have. And states with less representation become peripheral. I mean, look at Portugal: it's effectively the West Virginia of Europe.

On its own: Britain's got an OK economy, it's maintained a fairly far power projection reach, and it's done all this while maintaining sovereignty. I don't see Europe as offering an improvement on that.
 
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Both France and Germany have larger populations than Britain
What happened to UK ITTL?! As far as I know it has slightly bigger population than metropolitain France nowadays OTL, and a small bit lower than France and its overseas possesions. And TTL UK kept at least Aden, Singapour and Hong Kong!
 
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What happened to UK ITTL?! As far as I know it has slightly bigger population than metropolitain France nowadays OTL, and a small bit lower than France and its overseas possesions. And TTL UK kept at least Aden, Singapour and Hong Kong!

OOC: I'd been going by the Isles' population alone, but you're right - misread the population difference. It's corrected!
 
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