The importance of the Treaty of Rome lay in the fact that even at the moment of signature Germany and France did not agree. Germany wanted the common market, while France was more enthusiastic about the new atomic energy agency, Euratom. Bonn was keen to abolish tariffs on manufactured products; Paris was determined to protect the incomes of its farmers. The future strength of the European enterprise rested on a shared willingness to put aside such differences in the cause of compromise.
《羅馬條約》(Treaty of Rome)的重要性在於,即便在簽約之際,德國和法國也沒有達成一致。德國想要共同市場,而法國更熱衷於新的原子能機構——歐洲原子能共同體(Euratom)。波恩渴望廢除製造業產品關稅,巴黎決心保護其農民的收入。歐洲企業未來的實力取決於各方爲了達成妥協而擱置分歧的意願。