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237What the Treaties of Rome established

The Treaties of Rome established the European Economic Community.

The anniversary question leads back to 1957. Its subject is economic cooperation, not NATO accession or establishing a border.

About 4 min readReviewed: 20 October 2026
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European UnionTreaties of Rome, 1957
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The short answer

The founding of the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 25 March 1957, the treaties establishing the EEC and Euratom were signed in Rome. Among the offered answers, the foundation of the EEC is correct.

Try it for yourselfExam question · No. 237
In 2007, the 50th anniversary of the 'Treaties of Rome' was celebrated. What was the content of the treaties?

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The anniversary helps with the date; the name helps with the subject.

2007 minus 50 years gives 1957. That was the year in which the six founding countries signed the Treaties of Rome. The word “Economic” in EEC points towards shared economic cooperation.

The treaties built on earlier steps: the countries had already cooperated in coal and steel. Cooperation now expanded into other economic sectors. The EEC therefore forms part of the history leading to today’s EU.

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The other three answers

The other proposals concern military alliances, the consequences of war or borders.

Germany's accession to NATO

The Federal Republic joined NATO in 1955. NATO is a military alliance; the 1957 Treaties of Rome established different European communities.

Germany's obligation to pay reparations

Reparations are payments or other contributions to compensate for war damage. The treaties asked about here established shared European economic and atomic-energy communities.

Establishment of the Oder-Neisse line as the eastern border

Establishing an eastern border is a territorial matter. It is not the founding purpose of the Treaties of Rome asked about here.

Two treaties and two different dates.

The plural “Treaties of Rome” matters: the European Atomic Energy Community, Euratom, was established alongside the EEC. The exam answer names the EEC, but is not a complete list of everything in the treaties.

The treaties were signed in 1957 and entered into force on 1 January 1958. The fiftieth anniversary in 2007 refers to their signature. Do not confuse the signature date with the start of their legal effect.

Treaties of Rome, 1957 · European Union ↗
Your memory cue

Rome, 1957: EEC and Euratom; the exam answer names the EEC.

Connect Rome, 1957 and the Economic Community. Entry into force follows in 1958.

Three words for this question

das Jubiläumanniversary
A commemorative year marking a particular interval since an earlier event.
die Wirtschaftsgemeinschafteconomic community
A group of countries cooperating within a shared economic framework.
in Kraft tretento enter into force
To begin having legal effect.
Europäische Union · Founding agreements ↗

Connect the treaties’ substance with their name and the longer European process.

239Through which treaties did the Federal Republic of Germany unite with other states to form the European Economic Community?
Catalogue answer

through the 'Treaties of Rome'

This question reverses the task by asking for the name of the treaties establishing the EEC.

231What does the term 'European integration' mean?
Catalogue answer

The term means the unification of European states into the EU.

This explains the term European integration.

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An independently written study guide, not an official BAMF publication or advice for an individual case. The sources below were reviewed on 20 October 2026 for the claims explained here; the test question comes from the existing question bank.

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