Meanwhile Tony Blair has bCen plaintively crying that Britain should not be left on the sidelines. I offer three different perspectives, one in the present, one in the future and one in the past. They are the heart of Europe. As Charles de Gaulle said in 1966, Europe is an affair of the French and Ger- mans combined. The future would be Copen- hagen on Sept. 28, the date of the Danish referendum on the euro.
Polls show a likely ma- jority against.
If this turns out to be true, then Sweden as well can be counted out, and a powerful impetus will be given to the large anti-euro majority in Britain. This turned out to be the stormiest meeting in the OEDC s history. The Six had formed a cus- toms union. Britain, leading the rest of the OECD countries, protested against what they called discrimination. The Six rejected this claim and a coun- terproposal for a free trade area that would have drowned their customs union.