British exports to the European Community; Fear of loss of power by national parliaments due to membership of the Common Market; Leonard James Callaghan’s call for renegotiating Britain’s membership of the EEC; Debate on the concept of political union within the EEC Council of Ministers; France’s opposition to British attempts to renegotiate Common Market’s membership; Debate on the decline of the Common Market; Willi Brandt and Helmut Schmidt’s attitude towards the EEC; Italy’s plan to introduce controls on imports; International debate on Britain staying in Europe; Criticism of the European Parliament; British initiative for commissions examining European Commission regulations affecting Britain; Expectations for a new political leadership in Western Europe; Call for a united front by pro-Europeans; Plan for a referendum on British membership of the EEC; British plan to lighten the load of the EEC budget on the British economy; Confederation of British Industry (CBI) consensus on improvement in Britain’s terms of membership of the EEC; Cost analysis of British membership drawn up by Treasury experts; OECD and the problem of trade deficits.

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