Britain, the Division of Western Europe and the Creation of EFTA, 1955–1963

Matthew Broad is Lecturer in International Relations at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Prior to this, he was an EU Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the University of Turku, Finland. Matthew is the author of the book Harold Wilson, Denmark and the Making of Labour European Policy, 1958–72 (2017) and co-editor of European Integration Beyond Brussels (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Richard T. Griffiths is Professor Emeritus of International Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands. An author/editor of over ten academic books, his expertise lies in European integration, economic history, post-war international relations and, increasingly, Chinese foreign/EU policy. Between 1987–95 he was Chair of Contemporary History at the EUI, Florence. He has also held positions at the University of Manchester and the Free University Amsterdam, and visiting professorships in Belgium, Turkey, Portugal and Thailand.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 From Messina to the Formation of ‘Plan G’.- 3 The OEEC Investigation and the Eve of the Intergovernmental Negotiations.- 4 The Maudling Negotiations and the End of the Free Trade Area.- 5 The Emergence of ‘the Seven’.- 6 The Stockholm Negotiations.- 7 Consolidating the Association.- 8 Of Loose Ends, Applications and the Future of EFTA.- 9 Conclusion.