On 26 March 1957, Gustav René Hocke, special correspondent for the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, comments on the proceedings at the ceremony, held the previous day in Rome, to mark the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

On 27 March 1957, commenting on the signing two days earlier in Rome of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), the German economic daily newspaper Handelsblatt reviews the challenges posed by the implementation of the Common Market.

‘Cast off for adventure: “Full ahead both!”’ In 1958, despite the signing, on 25 March 1957 in Rome, of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), the German cartoonist, Herbert Kolfhaus, expresses his pessimism at the rapidity of the European integration process.