Das erste „Europadorf“ wird 1957 in der Region um Aachen gegründet. Das soziale Ziel der Hohen Behörde der EGKS ist es, einen Beitrag zum Bau von Wohnungen und Häusern zu leisten, um die Wohnbedingungen für die Arbeiter im Kohle- und Stahlsektor zu verbessern.

In this interview, Georges Berthoin, Head of the Private Office of Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1952 to 1956, discusses the circumstances surrounding his nomination to this post.

In this interview, Georges Berthoin, representative of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) then the European Communities in London from 1956 to 1973, discusses the working methods used and the range of issues addressed at the time.

In this interview, Jacques-René Rabier, Director of the Information Service of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1953 to 1958 and Director-General of the Press and Information Service of the European Communities from 1958 to 1973, discusses the establishment of the Joint Press and Information Service following the creation of two new Communities alongside the ECSC in 1958: the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

In this interview, Jacques-René Rabier, Director of the Information Service of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1953 to 1958 and Director-General of the Press and Information Service of the European Communities from 1958 to 1973, describes the nature of the policy of information on the European Communities’ activities.

In this interview, Jacques-René Rabier, former Head of Jean Monnet’s Private Office, former Director of the Information Service of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and former Director-General of the Press and Information Service of the European Communities, discusses his interest in the myth of the abduction of Europa and its symbolic importance for the European integration process.

At the conference held from 25 to 28 March 1987 in Rome to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Pierre Uri, former Director of the ‘General Economy’ Department of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), recalls the circumstances surrounding his participation in the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom and outlines the proceedings of the Val Duchesse negotiations.

At the conference held from 25 to 28 March 1987 in Rome to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Pierre Uri, former Director of the ‘General Economy’ Department of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the reaction of French employers towards European revival and those of Pierre Mendès France in 1957 during the ratification of the Rome Treaties.

Am 9. Mai 1950 schlägt der französische Außenminister Robert Schuman der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) und weiteren europäischen Staaten vor, ihre Kohle- und Stahlressourcen unter der Kontrolle einer europäischen supranationalen Institution zusammenzulegen. Die Rede wurde nicht am 9. Mai 1950 aufgezeichnet, daher musste der Minister sie später noch einmal für die Nachwelt nachstellen.

In seiner Rede anlässlich der ersten Tagung der Räte der EWG und der EAG am 25. Januar 1958 in Brüssel betont Paul Finet, Präsident der Hohen Behörde der EGKS, dass die drei Gemeinschaften trotz ihres unterschiedlichen Aufbaus und ihrer unterschiedlichen Aufgaben ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgen: die europäische Integration.