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The idea came up again in 1956, during the Suez crisis, though with an alternative option of joining the Commonwealth: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/ja
by UncleSlacky 7y ago
The idea came up again in 1956, during the Suez crisis, though with an alternative option of joining the Commonwealth: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/15/france.eu https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/15/france.eu
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThat would have been a particularly interesting alternative timeline, as right after Eden rejected both of Mollet's proposals France looked firmly to Europe, signed the Treaty of Rome and we know where that led... A Franco-British Union is (probably) unlikely to have continued with the moves to progress the Coal and Steel Community toward the Treaty of Rome. The alternative play of course would have been a far more Europhile UK within the Franco-British Union.