· Charles de Gaulle
      1890-1970
      French President, General
      Gaullist
      Defender of 1961 Fouchet Plan
      Vetoed UK entry to the EEC in 1963 and 1967
      Starred the ‘empty chair’ crisis in 1965
      Withdrew France from NATO military command

· Christian Fouchet
      1911-1974
      French Minister, Ambassador
      Author of the Fouchet Plan, proposed by De Gaulle in 1961

· Raymond Barre
      1924-2007
      French Prime Minister, Commission Vice-President
      Centrist
      The 1969 Barre report proposed an increased coordination of economic policies and an intensification of the monetary cooperation