Ever closer union, 40 years on: is Europe suffering a midlife crisis, four decades after the Treaty of Rome that set up the European Economic Community in 1957?

From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 29, 1997 | Copyright information

The European Economic Community was created to help stabilize Europe's economy and to foster good economic growth. A Mar 25, 1997 meeting of foreign ministers discussed the development of a common foreign policy and other controversial issues. The economies of member countries are slowing.

ROME

AS BIRTHDAYS go, it was subdued. A jamboree of commemorative events, with such uplifting moments as the issue of a postage stamp, set off no great buzz of exhilaration. Few people d...

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