A Common Market is a wry look at episodes in the evolution of the European Economic Union. The European Economic Community was established in 1958, following the Treaties of Rome in 1957. The concept was then known as 'The Common Market' because that was the idea. After the horrors of the Second War, most countries in Europe wanted a kind of customs union, with a common external tariff and a common market available to all with the removal of barriers to trade among its members. In addition there were to be a number of common policies, among which the most important would be the agricultural policy, which would also be common.