From 27 to 29 April 1956, with the help of the Socialist Movement for the United States of Europe (SMUSE), the European Congress of Labour — attended by Paul-Henri Spaak, Sicco Mansholt, Guy Mollet and Jean Monnet — holds a meeting in Paris, at the end of which it adopts a resolution in which it expresses its support for the establishment of a Common Market and emphasises its agricultural, social and institutional implications.

Note drafted by the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels on 10 May 1972. The document indicates that the Commission has been encouraged to participate in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe within the framework of political cooperation. It also outlines the steps that Sicco Mansholt, President of the Commission, has taken in order to keep regular track of the work that the Commission is undertaking for this Conference.

From 27 to 29 April 1956, at the end of its meeting in Paris, with the help of the Socialist Movement for the United States of Europe (SMUSE), the European Congress of Labour — attended by Paul-Henri Spaak, Sicco Mansholt, Guy Mollet and Jean Monnet — adopts a series of resolutions on the social objectives of the future European Economic Community (EEC).

From 27 to 29 April 1956, with the help of the Socialist Movement for the United States of Europe (SMUSE), the European Congress of Labour — attended by Paul-Henri Spaak, Sicco Mansholt, Guy Mollet and Jean Monnet — holds a meeting in Paris, at the end of which it adopts a resolution on the objectives of Euratom and the conditions for its establishment.

‘The European family … Bon appétit!’ On 11 January 1958, referring to the entry into force of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), the Dutch cartoonist, Opland, illustrates the advantages that the Member States of the Communities hope to enjoy: Belgium is eating coal and steel, France is eating Euratom, Germany is benefiting from the Common Market and Italy is devouring the investments of the European Investment Bank (EIB), while the Netherlands is represented as a bookmark inserted into a volume of European law and the thin cat, Sicco Mansholt, Netherlands Member and Vice-President of the Commission of the EEC, must make do with the leftovers.

Auf einem Gipfel vom 19. bis 21. Oktober 1972 in Paris bekräftigen die Staats- und Regierungschefs der auf neun Mitglieder erweiterten Gemeinschaft ihre Absicht, noch vor Ablauf des Jahrzehnts die Gesamtheit ihrer Beziehungen in eine Europäische Union umzuwandeln. Sie fassen Beschlüsse vor allem in den Bereichen der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion, des Europäischen Fonds für währungspolitische Zusammenarbeit und der Regionalpolitik. Von links nach rechts: Pierre Werner (luxemburgischer Staatsminister und Regierungspräsident), Gaston Eyskens (belgischer Premierminister), Jack Lynch (irischer Ministerpräsident), Anker Jorgensen (dänischer Premierminister), Willy Brandt (deutscher Bundeskanzler), Barend W. Biesheuvel (niederländischer Ministerpräsident), Georges Pompidou (französischer Staatspräsident), Edward Heath (britischer Premierminister), Giulio Andreotti (italienischer Ministerpräsident) und Sicco Mansholt (Präsident der Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften).

In this interview, Georges Rencki, former Deputy Director in the Private Office of Sicco Mansholt, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the common agricultural policy, discusses the organisation and outcome of the Stresa Conference held from 3 to 12 July 1958 on the establishment of a common agricultural policy.