ABSTRACT
The best way to understand European law is to start at the beginning, which inevitably involves some consideration of why the Community exists at all. The idea of an united Europe is certainly not a new one and a variety of leaders have, across the centuries, attempted to achieve European integration. With regard to more modern times, it is possible to highlight the end of the Second World War in 1945 as the catalyst which set in motion events that have led to the creation of a European Union.
