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"Now the past was to be exorcized. Representatives of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed a treaty whose aim was 'ever closer union.' There will now be a European Economic Community. All tariffs between the six member states where to be abolished, and there would be free movement of goods, capital, and people across their countries. . . . The aims were to abolish war between member states and generate future prosperity." [Furtado: 1001 Days]