On 25 March 1957, meeting in the Hall of the Horatii and Curiatii in the Capitol in Rome, the representatives of the six Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) sign the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). From left to right: Paul-Henri Spaak and Baron Jean-Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers (Belgium), Christian Pineau and Maurice Faure (France), Konrad Adenauer and Walter Hallstein (Federal Republic of Germany), Antonio Segni and Gaetano Martino (Italy), Joseph Bech and Lambert Schaus (Luxembourg), Joseph Luns and Johannes Linthorst-Homan (Netherlands).

Italian poster publicising 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), portrayed as the foundation for peace and progress in Europe.

On 25 March 1957, in Rome, the plenipotentiaries of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

This video clip shows a number of eminent figures sharing their recollections of the ceremony, held on 25 March 1957 in Rome, to mark the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). Speaking, in order of appearance, are: Albert Breuer, former official at the Secretariat of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), in particular responsible for the practical organisation of the signing ceremony, Pierre Pescatore, former member of the Drafting Group at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, as well as Hubert Ehring and André Dubois, both former members of the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Conference.

On 24 and 25 March 1957, the Protocol Department of the Italian Foreign Ministry presents to each member of the six national delegations and to observers participating in the official ceremonies held in Rome a presentation booklet to mark the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

In this interview, André Dubois, former member of the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, recalls the ceremony, held on 25 March 1957 in Rome, to mark the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).