IHT Retrospective Blog: 1967: U.K. Seeks to Join European Common Market Britain’s application to join the European Common Market, a forerunner of the European Union, advanced in the House of Commons in May 1967. It was rejected by Charles de Gaulle that November. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Smuggling Oil to North Korea on the High SeasTrump Rebuked China for North Korea’s Oil Smuggling. It’s More Complicated.Lebanese Intelligence Turned Targets’ Android Phones Into Spy Devices, Researchers SayCrude, Yes, but Not Like Weinstein: French Man Sues MeToo AccuserThe Interpreter: Building a Mini-State With Avocados and GunsArrested Former C.I.A. Officer Had Ties to Chinese Spies, Ex-Colleague Says