At the forum The origins of and developments in European governance: the impact of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (March 1957) organised on 23 and 24 April 2007 by the Pierre Werner Institute in Luxembourg, Ulrich Everling, honorary professor at the University of Bonn, former German diplomat and former judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, looks at the development of the right of establishment and of the free circulation of services.

At the forum The origins of and developments in European governance: the impact of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (March 1957) organised on 23 and 24 April 2007 by the Pierre Werner Institute in Luxembourg, Heinz Henze, former official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and former Director in the Directorate-General for Social Affairs of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), looks at the gradual application by France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) of the principles of the free circulation of workers, non-discrimination and equality of treatment set out by the Treaty of Rome establishing the EEC in 1957.

At the forum The origins of and developments in European governance: the impact of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (March 1957) organised on 23 and 24 April 2007 by the Pierre Werner Institute in Luxembourg, Marcel Mart, former Luxembourg Minister and former President of the Court of Auditors of the European Communities, looks at the deficit of confidence of European citizens with regard to European integration and calls for a European Union that offers better protection for its citizens against globalisation.

At the forum The origins of and developments in European governance: the impact of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (March 1957) organised on 23 and 24 April 2007 by the Pierre Werner Institute in Luxembourg, Philippe de Schoutheete, former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the Council of the European Union, and Jean-Jacques Kasel, former Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the Council of the European Union and current Member of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, look at the quality of the Rome Treaties signed in 1957 and consider the difficulties associated with the amendments to these treaties from 1985 onwards.

At the forum The origins of and developments in European governance: the impact of the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (March 1957) organised on 23 and 24 April 2007 by the Pierre Werner Institute in Luxembourg, Jean François-Poncet, Charles Rutten, Pierre Pescatore and Georges Berthoin discuss their memories of the European revival which led to the signing of the Rome Treaties in 1957 and consider the current European crisis.