In seinem Werk Erinnerungen eines Europäers beschreibt Jean Monnet, wie nach der Einsetzung der Hohen Behörde der Europäischen Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl (EGKS) in Luxemburg der europäische Geist Gestalt angenommen hat.
On 12 May 1949 in Bonn, General Pierre Koenig, Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the French Zone of Germany, General Lucius D. Clay, Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Zone of Germany, and General Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Zone of Germany, adopt the Charter of the Allied High Commission for Germany for the exercise, from 21 September 1949, of Supreme Allied Authority in the Federal Republic of Germany under the leadership of three High Commissioners (André François-Poncet, John McCloy and Sir Brian Hubert Robertson).
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the reactions of the High Authority and its President, René Mayer, to the work of the Spaak Committee and the conference at Val Duchesse in connection with the European revival.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the nature of relations between the ECSC and the United Kingdom and the establishment of the Representation of the High Authority in London.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the difficulties involved in the establishment of diplomatic relations between the High Authority and third countries.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, recounts how he accompanied Jean Monnet, Franz Etzel and Dirk Spierenburg on their trip to the United States to negotiate the first loan from the US to the High Authority.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the atmosphere among the officials of the High Authority during the institution’s first years of operation.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the role played by the High Authority in representing the ECSC on the international stage.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary then Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1956 and 1967, explains how the coordination between the High Authority and the new EEC and Euratom Commissions in Brussels was established from 1958 onwards.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1960 and 1967, describes how the High Authority reacted to the political crisis known as the ‘empty chair’ crisis, which took place from 1965 to 1966.