‘At all costs — the nut will be cracked!’ On 21 February 1957, commenting in the daily newspaper Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in response to the decision taken by the Heads of State or Government of the Six to associate the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) with the future European Economic Community (EEC), the cartoonist, Conrad, takes an ironic look at the attitude of France, which is putting pressure on its European partners in order to promote trade in products from the French Union and to finance their development.