In its article of 5 December 2002, the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort gives an account of the proceedings of the official audience held the previous day at the Court of Justice of the European Communities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its establishment. The article summarises the addresses given in the Court’s main courtroom by Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, President of the Court of Justice, Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, Lene Espersen, Danish Justice Minister and President of the Council, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, and Ludwig Adamovich, President of the Austrian Constitutional Court.