The first drafts for a European Constitution
Draft Federal Constitution for a United States of Europe, by François de Menthon (June 1948)
TextIn June 1948, François de Menthon, Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliamentary Union (EPU), which has the task of drawing up a ‘Constitution for the United States of Europe’, submits the final text of a Draft European Constitution to Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, Secretary-General of the EPU.
Draft Treaty embodying the Statute of the European Community (Strasbourg, 10 March 1953)
TextDraft Treaty embodying the Statute of the European Community adopted by the Ad Hoc Assembly, in Strasbourg on 10 March 1953.
Conversation between Henri Frenay, Paul Reynaud and François de Menthon on the draft European Constitution (Strasbourg, 7 January 1953)
ImageOn 7 January 1953, the French Delegates Henri Frenay, Paul Reynaud and François de Menthon (left to right) consider together in Strasbourg the work of the Ad Hoc Assembly for the establishment of a European Political Community (EPC).