1 Why did Britain initially remain aloof from the EEC todays

1-) Why did Britain initially remain aloof from the EEC (today\'s EU)? What prompted its leaders to apply for membership later?

2-) Explain the fusion of Executive and Legislative power in British politics.

Solution

A leading article in The Economist in mid-April spoke for the majority of prominent British decisionmakers when it concluded, from Italy\'s knife-edge election results and the French Government\'s U-turn over its proposed youth job law, that \"the core countries of Europe are not ready to make the economic reforms they so desperately need — and that change, alas, will come only after a diabolic economic crisis.\" This more or less echoed a speech made a few days before by the then Trade and Industry Secretary, Alan Johnson, who had been blunt in warning against those EU politicians and member states who are reluctant to adopt reform, calling them \"little Europeans.\"