Editing Treaty of Rome (section)

===Move towards a common market===
The [[Spaak Report]]<ref>[http://aei.pitt.edu/995/ The Brussels Report on the General Common Market (abridged, English translation of document commonly called the Spaak Report)] – AEI (Archive of European Integration)</ref> drawn up by the ''Spaak Committee'' provided the basis for further progress and was accepted at the [[Venice Conference]] (29 and 30 May 1956) where the decision was taken to organise an [[Intergovernmental Conference]]. The report formed the cornerstone of the [[Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom]] at [[Castle of the Valley of the Duchess|Val Duchesse]] in 1956.

The outcome of the conference was that the new Communities would share the Common Assembly (now the Parliamentary Assembly) with the ECSC, as they would the [[European Court of Justice]]. However, they would not share the ECSC's Council or High Authority. The two new High Authorities would be called [[European Commission|Commissions]], from a reduction in their powers. France was reluctant to agree to more supranational powers; hence, the new Commissions would have only basic powers, and important decisions would have to be approved by the Council (of national Ministers), which now adopted majority voting.<ref>[http://www.cvce.eu/obj/drafting_of_the_rome_treaties-en-8efe2279-ee12-4a75-aeeb-0bd547f4128f.html Drafting of the Rome Treaties] – CVCE (Centre for European Studies)</ref> [[Euratom]] fostered co-operation in the nuclear field, at the time a very popular area, and the [[European Economic Community]] was to create a full [[customs union]] between members.<ref>[http://www.cvce.eu/obj/a_european_atomic_energy_community-en-19bc7f11-bea1-49c7-b534-18327c303f41.html A European Atomic Energy Community] – CVCE (Centre for European Studies)</ref><ref>[http://www.cvce.eu/obj/a_european_customs_union-en-a11a5f17-d744-479e-ba75-2c70b6058608.html A European Customs Union] – CVCE (Centre for European Studies)</ref>

In 1965, France's president Charles de Gaulle decided to recall French representatives from dealing with the Council of Ministers, greatly crippling the EEC's operations. This was known as the "Empty Chair Crisis."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ludlow |first=N |title=De-commissioning the Empty Chair Crisis: The Community Institutions and the Crisis of 1965-6 |publisher=London School of Economics |year=2006}}</ref> To resolve this, the members agreed to the Luxembourg Compromise, in which veto power was given to members of the EC on decisions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Luxembourg Compromise - Historical Events in the European Integration Process (1945–2009) - CVCE Website |url=https://www.cvce.eu/en/recherche/unit-content/-/unit/02bb76df-d066-4c08-a58a-d4686a3e68ff/7847215b-b917-472d-beb1-a266c1a49f03 |access-date= |website=www.cvce.eu}}</ref> The countries of the European Community held a meeting in The Hague in 1969. At this summit, they collectively ordered an increase to the European Parliament's budget while also committing towards a shift away from national economic policy to greater international policy. Following this agreement, two new [[European Structural and Investment Funds|European Structural Investment Funds]] were created, which were the [[European Regional Development Fund]] and the [[European Social Fund Plus|European Social Fund]]. These focused on the reallocation of investment funds towards the development of the economies of the member states.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cini |first=Michelle |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RTNVM4YDTQcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA11&dq=%22Treaty+of+Rome%22&ots=DAbXg_2y_u&sig=5W_cT76131mi9hdblgwc626IgMo#v=onepage&q=%22Treaty%20of%20Rome%22&f=false |title=European Union Politics |last2=Borragán |first2=Nieves Pérez-Solórzano |date=2013-01-17 |publisher=OUP Oxford |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-19-969475-4 |edition=4th |pages=12-24 |language=en}}</ref>