The year was 1955, and the place was Messina, Italy (Allen, 2017). Leaders of separate European States realized that post World War II Europe was in shambles, and work was needed on every front. The negotiations and ramblings of these leaders preemptively lead to a much needed solution. On March 27th, 1957, The Treaty of Rome was signed to remedy Europe’s difficulties, this treaty also established the EEC (European Economic Community) (Allen, 2017). The European states who were signed for (in the treaty) became members of this community, and in so were able to move goods, services, capital, and people amongst each other.
The preamble states that these legislators were "…determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe" (Spinelli, 2017). The motivation to build a bond across Europe as a nation more so than individual states changed many aspects to living in that era and so forth. The increase in trade and jobs, as well as a unionized work force helped people all across this economic community thrive and live better. The signing of the treaty was really the first step in forming the European Union (Gabel, 2017).
The EU is an international organization comprising of 28 European countries governing common economic, social, and security policies (Gabel, 2017). The initial spread of unions and trade services in the 1957 signing helped attain the involvement of the eventual 28 states whom now represent Europe as a whole. In Winston Churchill’s 1946 speech to the people of Zurich, he mentioned a need for a “United States of Europe”, and to take heed in combining forces and in a sense unionizing the nation! These words and the post World War II era itself inspired a change through the European people. There was a need for work, and there was a need to unite the people themselves as a nation.
Oddly enough in the modern era, with the United Kingdom’s ‘Brexit’ from Europe, we have only 27 states within the Europen Union now. The day the Rome treaty was implemented, there was also another important piece of legislation put into motion. The EAEC (European Atomic Energy Community) was brought forth in the early stages of the cold war to properly implement atomic energy usage (Spinelli, 2017). The sole purpose of this legislation was to put forth a positive and useful application of this type of energy, especially in the midst of nuclear bombings during the World War era.