How small is a small tomato? How does a chicken lay an egg? How much Italian Chianti would Frenchmen drink?
For the past four weeks in Brussels, such questions have engaged and enraged delegates from the six Common Market nations—France. Italy. West Germany, Belgium. Luxembourg and The Netherlands. After four years of remarkable headway, the Common Market had momentarily stalled. The obstacle was agriculture in all its earthy details and behind it the sturdy, stubborn European peasant.
Push for Change. The 1957 Treaty of Rome, which established the Common Market, provided for gradual tariff reductions, and industry quickly adjusted to the...
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