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The History Hour: When France Said 'Non' to Britain Joining Europe

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13/01/2018 GMT

When France Said 'Non' to Britain Joining Europe

BBC World Service - The History Hour, When France Said 'Non' to Britain Joining Europe

When France said 'Non' to Britain, the first iPhone, and the record for staying awake

When France stopped Britain joining Europe, the record for staying awake, the first iPhone, a post-war friendship between Britain and Germany, and a notorious Algerian massacre.

When France stopped Britain joining Europe in the 1960s, the boy who set a record for continuously staying awake, the launch of the first iPhone, hands reaching out in friendship between Britain and Germany after the Second World War, and a notorious massacre during Algeria's bitter internal conflict of the 1990s.

Photo: Charles de Gaulle, President of France, at a press conference on 14th January 1963 at which he said Britain was not ready to join the European Economic Community, now the EU (Credit: Central Press/Getty Images)

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