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Ireland and the EEC

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this research is to examine the entry of Ireland into the European Economic Community (EEC). Specific questions are addressed with respect to (1) Ireland's reasons for joining the EEC, together with the political and economic considerations involved, including the AngloIrish Free Trade Pact, and (2) the consequences of Irish membership in the EECboth positive and negative. The initial discussion following this introduction provides background information on the EEC. This background is followed by the discussions of the IrishEEC relationship.

The EEC was created with the signing of a treaty in Rome in 1957, by Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Paxton, 1988, p. 41). The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) was created at the same time, by the same treaty, and with the same membership (p. 45). Each of these organizations became functioning realities on 1 January 1958 (pp. 41, 45). Prior to the creation of the EEC and EURATOM, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had been created by a treaty signed in Paris in 1951 (p. 43). The ECSC was comprised of the same six member countries which formed the EEC and EURATOM, and became a functional reality on 10 August 1952 (p. 43).

Until 1 July 1967, each of the three communitiesthe EEC, EURATOM, and ECSCfunctioned as separate entities, although there were some common institutions. On 1 July 1967, however, the executives of the three communities were merged into a single commission, and the goals and objectives of the three communities were pursued in a coordinated and cohesive manner (Paxton, 1988, p. 42).

The longterm goals of the communities are (1) the integration of the economies of the member countries, and (2) political unity. Pursuit of economic integration has been

both more rapid and more successful than has the purs...

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