The organisation brought together pro-European Conservatives and worked with like-minded parties in France to help secure UK's entry to the EEC on 1 January 1973.
ðɪ ˌɔːɹɡɐnəzˈeɪʃən bɹˈɔːt təɡˌɛðɚ pɹˈoʊjˌʊɹɹəpˈiən kənsˈɜːvətˌɪvz ænd wˈɜːkt wɪð lˈaɪkmˈaɪndᵻd pˈɑːɹɾiz ɪn fɹˈæns tə hˈɛlp sᵻkjˈʊɹ jˌuːkˈeɪz ˈɛntɹi tə ðɪ ˌiːˌiːsˈiː ˌɔn wˈʌn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː.