On 10 August 1952, the inaugural session of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) takes place in Luxembourg under the presidency of Jean Monnet.
Delegation from the ECSC High Authority at the second part of the fifth session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, held in Strasbourg in June 1953. Among those in the picture are Jean Monnet and Franz Etzel, respectively President and Vice-President of the High Authority.
In accordance with the 1953 ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ between Jean Monnet, President of the ECSC High Authority, and Lord Layton, first Vice-President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, the High Authority presents its annual report at a joint meeting of the Consultative Assembly and the ECSC Common Assembly.
Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) (right), and Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the ECSC (left), in Strasbourg in January 1953.
Franz Etzel, former Vice-President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and Member of the Committee of Three Wise Men which, in May 1957, published its report entitled ‘A target for Euratom’.
