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:Students Defiant as Chinese University Cracks Down on Young CommunistsTwo Vietnamese Tourists Killed in Bombing in Egypt‘That’s Shiny’: How a U.K. Plane Spotter Cracked the Secret of Trump’s Iraq VisitShowmanship, and Conflict, as Darts Goes From Smoky Pubs to TV SpectacleHungarians Fume as Statue of Former Leader Is DowngradedThe Saturday Profile: He Helped Indonesia Through a ‘Year of Disasters,’ While Facing His Own