From 25 to 28 February 1949, in Brussels, the International Council of the European Movement holds its inaugural session, at the conclusion of which it adopts a Declaration on European policy.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, the show has been cancelled!’ This is how the Netherlands receive the news of France’s rejection, on 31 August 1954, of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC), which has, however, already been ratified by Germany and the three Benelux countries.

On 7 February 1992 in Maastricht, the Foreign and Finance Ministers of the 12 Member States of the European Communities sign the Treaty on European Union.

In January 1995, the French monthly newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique considers that the enlargement of the European Union from 12 to 15 Member States has not improved its strength and cohesion.

‘Help!’ According to the cartoonist Behrendt, the attitude of Europe towards the bloody conflict in Bosnia in 1992 is one of ‘watch, but do nothing’.