Last week, two important events took place in the European Union (EU). The first was the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community (EEC). The treaty was signed by six nations, the key ones being West Germany, France and Italy. The EEC envisaged free movement of goods, services and capital across the member countries and had evolved from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), in existence since 1951. In the 1870 Franco-German War, the basic dispute was about two major coal-producing provinces, Alsace and Lorraine. European statesmen like Robert Schuman
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