UN General Assembly
1966

93. In the next somewhat wider circle encompassing my country, the European Common Market, the cooperation between the Netherlands and its five partners has likewise yielded significant results in the past year. No one would at present deny that this market of 180 million people In a highly developed part of the world is rapidly developing into an economic unit of prime importance. The Common Market has certainly experienced some difficult crises, but thanks to persistent determination, decisions were reached at Brussels this summer completing the groundwork for full agricultural integration among the six Common Market countries, resulting in agricultural policies for the member countries henceforth determined and financed by the European Economic Community. I mention this development because, contrary to what is sometimes feared, it is contributing directly to the continued growth of world trade.