On 7 May 1948, the Congress of Europe opens in The Hague in the presence, in particular, of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Honorary Chairman of the Congress (left) and of former French Prime Minister Paul Ramadier, Chairman of the Political Committee of the Congress (right). In the background, the photo also shows Spanish writer Salvador de Madariaga, Chairman of the Cultural Committee (left), and Conservative MP Duncan Sandys, President of the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity.