# European Communities advance toward common market (1967)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1967-european-communities-advance-toward-common-market
Location: France / EEC
Categories: main-event

France participated in deeper economic integration amid disputes over supranational authority. Within the broader Fifth Republic period, The 1958 Constitution created a stronger presidency and a durable Fifth Republic. Decolonization, European integration, social change, economic shocks and recurring debates over identity, secularism and the role of the state have shaped contemporary France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Charles de Gaulle (President of the French Republic). European Communities advance toward common market mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
European Communities advance toward common market mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1959)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — European Communities advance toward common market](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=European+Communities+advance+toward+common+market&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — European Communities advance toward common market](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=European+Communities+advance+toward+common+market)
- [Élysée — Institutions of the Fifth Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-institutions)