In 1958, in the Annuaire Européen, Carl Friedrich Ophüls, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and former Head of the German Delegation to the Intergovernmental Committee established by the Messina Conference, then to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, assesses the progress of European revival and the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).