The EEC was never 'all about trade' though the initial focus was on trade.
This summarises the Treaty of Rome; the original EU treaty
The Treaty of Rome (1957)
The Treaty of Rome was the founding treaty of the European Economic Community, which later became the EU. The Treaty established four institutions: a Commission, a Council of Ministers, a European Parliament and a European Court of Justice,
The Treaty focused overwhelmingly on economic co-operation. It tried to create closer co-operation on a range of economic and trade issues from agriculture to overseas aid, commerce to taxation, but it also set out a wider political vision for ‘an ever closer union’ to eliminate the barriers which divide Europe.
www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/OS.7.Treaties.pdf
What Is It Good For - Alphabetical
To obliterate your address on packaging
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