In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the reactions of the High Authority and its President, René Mayer, to the work of the Spaak Committee and the conference at Val Duchesse in connection with the European revival.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary then Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1956 and 1967, explains how the coordination between the High Authority and the new EEC and Euratom Commissions in Brussels was established from 1958 onwards.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1960 and 1967, describes the personality and decisive action of Émile Noël, his counterpart within the EEC Commission.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1960 and 1967, explains the conditions in which the Community executive bodies were merged between 1965 and 1967, particularly identifying the need to defend the historical prerogatives of the High Authority.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1960 and 1967, describes how the High Authority reacted to the political crisis known as the ‘empty chair’ crisis, which took place from 1965 to 1966.