Is Great Britain drawing away from Europe? by Françoise de la Serre It is paradoxically at the very moment when the international political context seems to be favorable towards Britain's entry into the Common Market that within Britain a current of opposition to entry is developing. If the government's determination to open negotiations with the E.E.C. appears unchanged, it arouses within the political parties, the unions and public opinion, a certain hostility based to a great extent on the fear of the financial burden entry will bring. Although this opposition is serious it seems nonetheless to translate immediate economic preoccupations rather than a fundamental opposition to the principle of membership - the political advantages of whi...