Thirty years ago, the Treaty of Rome 'determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe'.
A series of 11 programmes offering a perspective on the European Community as seen through portraits of Britain's fellow members.
9: Ireland: A State in Chassis
The national debt is E7,000 per head of population. The economy faces collapse. By the turn of the century more than half the farmers will have left the land and over the past five years 76,000 young people have joined emigration queues. As the newly elected Irish
Government settles down to tackle the problems Eric Robson goes on a personal odyssey through the country to meet the people who face these dilemmas. He discovers a nation which despite its concern for the future believes that a combination of industrial investment, optimism and a strong national identity will combine to lead the country from crisis to equilibrium.
Producer MARY PRICE BBCBristol