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The European Community, The European Union and the British Constitution: European Community: The European Union came into being with the Treaty on European Union 1992. The Union is the result of years of evolution of the three original European Communities, now known as the European Community. The Union has far wider objectives than the original Communities, not least, of which are the introduction of the single European currency, the Euro, the development of common defence and security policies. The European Community is now deeply embedded in domestic law. To understand the origins of the European Community, we must look back to 1945 when Europe was devastated by war: economically, politically and socially. In order  to attain some form of harmony as a guarantor of peace and to rebuild Europe, the movement towards integration was initiated.  In 1950, under the Leadership of the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, a scheme was devised whereby the raw materials of war wh...