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The signature page on the original Treaty of Rome. The conference led to the signing on 25 March 1957, of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and the Euratom Treaty at the Palazzo dei Conservatori on Capitoline Hill in Rome. 25 March 1957 was also the Catholic feast day of the Annunciation of Mary.
The Treaty of Paris (1951) [4] establishing the European Coal and Steel Community established a right to free movement for workers in these industries, and the Treaty of Rome (1957) [5] provided a right for the free movement of workers within the European Economic Community, to be implemented within 12 years from the date of entry into force of the treaty.
When the European Economic Community, later the European Union (EU), was founded in 1957, the principle of equal pay for equal work was named as a key principle. Article 141 of the Treaty of Rome says "each Member State shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied."
Women working alongside a man at a dye shop (fullonica), on a wall painting from Pompeii. Roman law was created by men in favor of men. [24] Women had no public voice and no public role, which only improved after the 1st century to the 6th century BCE. [25]
Two core functional treaties, the Treaty on European Union (originally signed in Maastricht in 1992, The Maastricht Treaty) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (originally signed in Rome in 1957 as the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community i.e. The Treaty of Rome), lay out how the EU operates, and there are a ...
The UK's highest court will decide whether whether trans women can be regarded as female under the Equality Act. Judges consider ruling on definition of a woman Skip to main content
While the "social market economy" concept was only put into EU law by the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon, [159] free movement and trade were central to European development since the Treaty of Rome in 1957. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] The standard theory of comparative advantage says two countries can both benefit from trade even if one of them has a less ...
Under the Lisbon treaty the European Union was given an extra degree of force and ability to address issues of human rights violations within its member states.. The Lisbon treaty came into force on 1 December 2009 and with it the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights became legally binding, having the same force as primary EU law and making it the primary source of human rights law within the ...