ABSTRACT
After this book was written, after the Danish/Norwegian edition was out and the English edition had been set, the results of the two Scandinavian referenda became known. On 25 September 1972 the Norwegian people said no to membership in the European Community; on 2 October the Danish people said yes. In Norway, 46 % were for membership, 54 % against, with 78 % participation; in Denmark, 63 % for, 37 % against, and with 89 % participation. The Irish referendum in May 1972 gave the expected mandate to the government; while one of the oldest parliamentary democracies — England — has stood by the doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament and has pursued a persistent non-referendum policy. Hence, the likely outcome is that as of 1 January 1973, the European Community will have Denmark, Ireland, and England as new members, but not Norway. This will be the EC a neuf, at nine — not a dix, at ten. Clearly, the Commission will have to do some re-working of its statistics. All this has consequences, some minor ones for the text of this particular book, some major ones for world politics.
