The Treaties of Rome are known as one of the Founding Treaties. They established two communities, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC/Euratom), both treaties were signed on 25th  March 1957 and came into force on 1st January 1958. These are important treaties as they set up the foundations of the EU as we know it today.

In the preamble for the EEC signing, states were being told that by signing this treaty it was showing that the founding members of the EEC were, ‘determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe’. Highlighting the political agenda of the European community as well as the economical agenda as this has been discussed.

The European Economic Community (EEC) is more commonly referred to as the Common Market and in this agreement, all member states agreed to take down their tariff barriers, this was to enable free trade amongst those in the EEC. This was due to take place within 12 years; however, this was shortened and thus by 1968 all tariffs for members of the EEC were abolished.

The EEC also established the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which essentially meant free trade on agricultural products within the EEC.

Bibliography:

http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/traroma.htm