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The Man From G.O.P.
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« on: January 15, 2007, 01:27:15 PM »
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23381798-details/Britain+and+France+planned+'merger+in+1950s'/article.do
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 01:42:05 PM »

The idea is quite shocking for it's time. However a similar idea was floated in 1940 during the war. And on the flip side Harold Wilson had private discussions about union with the US in the sixties.
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2007, 01:44:45 PM »
It would have been quite amusing had it happened. Shocking though.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2007, 01:45:32 PM »
When did it happen?  September 10, 1956.  It's all there in the article. Tongue

Sounds to me like the French Prime Minister might have been a little drunk loved up on the idea of joining France with another country in holy matrimony.  Luckily for him he only had to wait until six months later to join up with another five...
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2007, 05:26:43 PM »
Not such a bad idea, really. Maybe our trains would run on time.
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2007, 07:52:03 PM »
Quote from: Michael Z on January 15, 2007, 05:26:43 PM
Not such a bad idea, really. Maybe our trains would run on time.

The French, not Germans, Mike.
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The Man From G.O.P.
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2007, 08:08:26 PM »
Quote from: hughento on January 16, 2007, 07:52:03 PM
Quote from: Michael Z on January 15, 2007, 05:26:43 PM
Not such a bad idea, really. Maybe our trains would run on time.

The French, not Germans, Mike.

EXACTLY HUGH, who is in charge of France all the time anyway?
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