IHT Retrospective Blog: 1967: The Eurocrats: A Vision of Unity Officials of the European Economic Community — the forerunner of the European Union — tighten trade links while largely giving up the idea of a single government for the member states. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:With Italy No Longer in U.S. Focus, Russia Swoops to Fill the VoidEurope Edition: Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin, Francesco Totti: Your Tuesday BriefingAustralia’s Real Estate Boom Has Wall Street Wooing a Newspaper PublisherWhy Noriega’s Ouster Still ReverberatesSisi Enacts Law That Severely Restricts Aid Groups in EgyptTheresa May Doesn’t Crack and Jeremy Corbyn Keeps His Cool in U.K. Debate