Ministers pose for a group picture after the signature of Ireland's, United Kingdom's and Denmark's accession to the European Communities at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

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Enlargement to Ireland (T)

1970-1979

enlargement of the European Union

HEATH, Edward Richard George (UK)

THORN, Gaston (L, LU)

accession to the European Union

RIPPON, Geoffrey (C, UK)

LYNCH, Jack (IE, John Mary)

KRAG, Jens Otto (DK)

Accession of Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom to the European Communities

Edward HEATH, Prime Minister of United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974;Sir Alec DOUGLAS-HOME, British Foreign Minister and the negotiator Geoffrey RIPPON sign for Great Britain the adhesion Treaty in Brussels on 22 January 1972.

Ivar NORGAARD, Danish Minister for Foreign Economic Relations; Jens Otto KRAG, Prime Minister and Jens Otto CHRISTENSEN, Secretary for Economic Affairs sign for Denmark the adhesion Treaty in Brussels.

Ivar NORGAARD, Danish Minister for Foreign Economic Relations;Jens Otto KRAG, Prime Minister and Jens Otto CHRISTENSEN, Secretary for Economic Affairsm sign for Denmark the adhesion Treaty in Brussels.

Patrick HILLERY, Irish Foreign Minister and Jack LYNCH, Prime Minister sign for Ireland the adhesion Treaty in Brussels on 22 January 1972