What would be the cause of such an union (European Union) generated? It is all about the WAR! First World War and Second World War, Germany and France fought each other 3 times; it was a lot of loss of life. Therefore the leader of the countries was convinced that there was only one way to keep a long lasting peace, - to get united economically and politically.

key terms: European law, community law, sources of european law, legislation, ECJ, CFI, Landmark cases:Van Gend & Loos, Costa Enel.

1. Post war food shortages 2. 20 % working population in agriculture 3. unstable prices: as time legs change, demand and supply are not in equilibrium a. cob web / hog cycle 4. trade off in Treaty of Rome negotiations a. eg: german trade off with france by industrial , and france by agricultural 5. Pre-CAP national protector