The Spaak Report (21 April 1956)
The Spaak Report
TextPaul-Henri Spaak
BildPaul-Henri Spaak, President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1952 to 1954 and President of the Intergovernmental Committee which, between July 1955 and June 1956, laid the foundations for the future European Economic Community (EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).
Report of the Heads of Delegation to the Foreign Ministers (Brussels, 21 April 1956)
TextOn 21 April 1956, the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Committee established by the Messina Conference and chaired by Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister, publishes the Report of the Heads of Delegation on the Common Market and Euratom, known as the Spaak Report.
‘The Messina experts have submitted their report’ from L’Écho de l’Industrie (12 May 1956)
TextOn 12 May 1956, L’Écho de l’Industrie, the official publication of the Federation of Luxembourg Industrialists (Fedil), outlines the implications of the Spaak Report for Luxembourg and speculates on the future of European economic integration.
Address given by Walter Hallstein: the revival of European integration (Bonn, 14 May 1956)
TonOn 14 May 1956, Walter Hallstein, State Secretary at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), delivers an address to the members of the American Club in Bonn in which, referring in particular to the Spaak Report, he endorses the strategy of ‘small steps’ to relaunch the process of European integration.