| After 
              the experience of stagnation in the European integration process, 
              the six member states wanted to have the Treaties of Rome ratified 
              as quickly as possible. They were ratified in each country by a 
              large majority, only in France a major opposition of Gaullists, 
              Communists and Poujadists rejected the project. After ratification 
              in all six signatory states, the Treaties establishing the European 
              Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community 
              (EAEC) entered into force on 1 January 1958. |  |