On 14 February 2000, Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament, delivers an address at the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in Brussels on the reform of the institutions of the European Union.
Group photograph taken at the signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community. From left to right: Paul van Zeeland (B), Joseph Bech (L), Joseph Meurice (B), Carlo Sforza (I), Robert Schuman (F), Konrad Adenauer (BRD), Dirk Stikker (NL) and Johannes van den Brink (NL).