i have just come from making a full statement to the members of the european economic community. working today for a closer european unity. the negotiations then moved to brussels and this was the point at which i got added to the british negotiating delegation. the idealism that one found in brussels back then amongst the six was contagious, actually, and i think all of us who were there were convinced that for britain, it was very important that those negotiations should succeed. even back at the start, people realised that de gaulle, who had become president of france, had grave doubts about british entry. britain's trading patterns were very, very different from those of the six. the six on the whole were trading amongst themselves, whereas britain's pattern was much more outward looking, and in particular, we traded a lot with the commonwealth countries and, of course, they had become extremely dependent on this. i suppose the one one thinks of above all is new zealand sheep meat, because the new zealand market was always totally dependent on britain back then. when we came b

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with communication between countries a world apart now only a few hours, it compels new thinking along the economic front. 1961, the british government applied to join the european heath was appointed. i have made a full statement to the members of the european economic group. in that statement i explained that the uk government wished to take its full pa rt government wished to take its full part in working for a better european unity. the negotiations moved to brussels. this was the point at which i got added to the british negotiating delegation. the idealism one found in brussels back then was contagious, actually. and i think all of us who went were convinced that for britain it was very important for those negotiations to succeed. even back at the start, people realised that charles de gaulle had grave doubts about edition three. —— british entry. the six were trading among themselves. the pattern of britain was outward looking. in particular, we traded a lot with the commonwealth countries, and, of course, they had become extremely dependent on this. there was a lot of worry about where the french resident's position had reached, whether he was going to v

the fact of the matter is that the european union and its predecessors the european economic community were not geared towards politics in the field but if you in the world you should be for a long time were not prepared for the world politics and the circumstances require that we need to look into becoming active in international politics and that brings particularly true for defense over the past few years we have made more progress in that in the twenty years before that. we have undertaken in countless efforts and good morning mr prime minister by the way to go in minutes and so to in the last during the last two decades there have been many efforts geared towards that but there had not been any considerable progress but now there is progress and these advances are necessary and the numbers speak for themselves. only a few europeans are aware of the fact that in europe we have about one hundred and seventy thousand types of weapons because. our american friends only have thirty we have twenty air craft types in europe in the u.s. it's only six of the problem we have. seventeen text

european ideals, shared values and civilisation. when we joined the european community it was to participate in an economic organisation which has sinceof more control of our own destiny. when my collea g u es control of our own destiny. when my colleagues and i take decisions around the table about "brexit", it is with the intention of ensuring choices about britain's future are taken by the british parliament is directly accountable to the british people. —— pooled sovereignty. it is not in order to undermine europe, or to act against the interests of our nearest neighbours. having the european union and this member state's succeed as our closest friends and allies is absolutely in our national interest. and if that does not seem obvious, then look at the ways we have used sovereignty since the referendum vote itself. 0n saturday, our prime minister, theresa may, explained the united kingdom's steadfast commitment to european security. at home, we are delivering an ambitious environmental plan, that aims to leave the environment in a better state than that we found it in. we have a modern industrial strategy that makes targeted inve

community not to accept the results. on tuesday, citing recent setbacks to democracy, the white house announced... that follows a threat of economic sanctions from the europeannts, the european commission has already decided to suspend the eu financial assistance to the cambodian national election committee. this decision was welcomed by the ministers today. an election can obviously not be democratic if the main opposition party cannot participate. the prime minister has led cambodia for 30 years. formerly a member of the khmer rouge, he defected and rose to power in 1979. in december, he vowed to stay on as leader for another decade. rights groups fear by running his opposition that's becoming more and more likely. the country will go to a general election on july 29. harvey biggs, bbc news. investigators in the philippines say more than ten foreign nationals are suspected of paying money to a paedophile ring to watch live video streaming of children being abused. the national bureau of investigation say they are investigating the cases following a raid of two properties in which three people were arrested and 13 children were taken into care. i spoke to o

community not to accept the results. on tuesday, citing recent setbacks to democracy, the white house announced... that follows a threat of economic sanctions from the europeanopments, the european commission has already decided to suspend the eu financial assistance to the cambodian national election committee. this decision was welcomed by the ministers today. an election can obviously not the democratic if... the prime minister has led cambodia for 30 years. formerly a member of the khmer rouge, he defected and rose to power in 1979. rouge, he defected and rose to power in1979. in rouge, he defected and rose to power in 1979. in december, he vowed to stay on as leader for another decade. rights groups fear by running his opposition that's becoming more and more likely. the country will go to a general election onjuly country will go to a general election on july 20 country will go to a general election onjuly 20 nine. a survey of over 100 tiger conservation areas has found less than 15% meet global standards, and at least one third of them are at risk of losing their tigers. alarmingly, most of these sites are in southeast asia, a survey of over 100 tiger