On 11 August 1950, the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe adopts a motion tabled by Winston Churchill which calls for the immediate establishment of a European army so as to form a bulwark against Communism.
On 4 April 1949, in Washington, Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, gives an address during the ceremony to mark the signing of the agreement establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
During the 1965 ‘NATO appeal’, General de Gaulle clearly underlines the separate role that France expects to play within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
‘Adenauer plays the role of mediator. “Charlie, we have to show goodwill: give Mac a bit, too, when we divide up the bull …”’ On 20 January 1963, the Austrian Socialist daily newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung portrays the uncharitable attitude of General de Gaulle, President of the French Republic, and of the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, towards the United Kingdom’s possible accession to the European Communities.
On 24 February 1965, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro depicts General de Gaulle as the leader of Europe, showing scant enthusiasm towards the British delegation who have come to negotiate the conditions for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.
On 22 January 1972, Walter Hallstein, Joseph Bech, Paul-Henri Spaak, Jean Monnet, Jean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers et Jean Duvieusart, in particular, attend the ceremony to mark the signature of the Treaties of Accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the European Communities.
