237. In 2007, the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome was celebrated. What was the content of the treaties?

Answer options

1. Germany's accession to NATO
2. Founding of the European Economic Community (EEC)
3. Obligation of Germany to pay reparations
4. Determination of the Oder–Neisse line as the eastern border

Explanation

The 1957 Treaties of Rome founded the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom, charting the course toward a customs union and, later, the internal market with the four freedoms. They created a supranational legal order whose norms, as recognized by the ECJ in Van Gend en Loos and Costa v. ENEL, have direct effect and primacy. In German constitutional law, this integration aligned with the Basic Law’s openness to international integration (former Article 24, now Article 23). The Federal Constitutional Court has accompanied it with democratic safeguards and an identity review.