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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Someone's got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning!
No matter, hopefully we can both agree with the following information:
https://fullfact.org/europe/ask-full...-then-and-now/

We can agree on this.

“How does the current EU setup differ from what was put before the electorate in the 1970s referendum? I have heard that it was touted as simply a trade agreement.”

Full Fact readers

In 1975 the UK held a referendum on continued membership of the European Community.

This wasn’t presented just as a trade agreement. Other issues discussed at the time related to security, European funding for UK industries and regions, and aid to developing countries.

That’s not to say that anyone in 1975 knew what the EU would be like in 2016, or how much it would change in the following years.