After suffering from two world wars between 1914 and 1945, Europe was longing for a peaceful future. The Western European Countries wanted to make sure they would never fight each other again by establishing a unique partnership where they would work closely together for the benefit of all their citizens. Beside peace and stability the major goal was to establish a basis to ease the trade between countries. In 1957, six countries (Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy and …showed first 75 words of 1120 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1120 total…of 1972: 'The European Communities Act 1972 was passed by Parliament to make provision for Britain's membership of the Community. An Act of Parliament was necessary for a number of purposes but above all to make Community law applicable in the national legal system: without the Eureopean Communities Act, the Community Treaties and Community legislation - though binding on the United Kingdom at the international level - would have been of no effect internally.' (Hartley 2003, p.261)