ABSTRACT
The history of Greek relations with the European Community (EC) illustrates both the significant political changes during the last twenty-five years and simultaneously, the basic continuities. It reflects both the changed evaluation of Greece’s place in the world and the evolution of its political regime, within the context of the constant orientation towards the West and the needs dictated by chronic under-development. Greece was particularly vulnerable, being physically separated from her allies while sharing borders with three states on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Greece would remain underdeveloped, a drawer of water and hewer of wood, serving the West Europeans as a source of raw materials and as a market for their products. The Right and Centre continued to believe Greece belonged in the West; accession was a way to ensure this orientation and guarantee Greek security while reducing dependence on the US.
