On 1 September 1954, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir publishes Paul-Henri Spaak’s reactions to the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC).
On 13 March 1948, in Luxembourg, Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, delivers an address during which he describes the nature of and the threats posed by the Soviet Union’s foreign policy.
On 13 March 1948, in Luxembourg, Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, delivers an address during which he outlines the scope of the Marshall Plan and its political and economic implications for Western Europe.
On 13 March 1948, in Luxembourg, Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, delivers an address during which he outlines the implications of the establishment of Western Union (WU).
At the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 in Washington, Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister, delivers a speech in which he stresses the importance of NATO in ensuring world peace.
On 23 October 1946, Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister and President of the United Nations General Assembly, gives the opening address at the second session of the Assembly in Flushing Meadow, New York.
On 9 March 1953, in Strasbourg, Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Ad Hoc Assembly (with his back to the camera, first from the right), hands over to Georges Bidault (standing), President of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers, the draft European Political Community (EPC) Treaty, in the presence of Joseph Bech (facing the camera, first from the left), Alcide De Gasperi (second from the left), Paul van Zeeland (second from the right) and Konrad Adenauer (first from the right).
On 11 April 1953, the President and the Members of the High Authority submit to Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the ECSC Common Assembly, the first general report of the High Authority on the activities of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 30 January 1957, the daily newspaper La Libre Belgique considers the economic and institutional implications of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and criticises the attitude adopted by the Belgian Delegation and, in particular, by Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister and President of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Common Market and Euratom during the Val Duchesse negotiations between the representatives of the six Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 17 January 1957, commenting on the visit to London by Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister and President of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, the daily newspaper La Libre Belgique paints a picture of a United Kingdom torn between its preferential imperial links with the Commonwealth and possible accession to the European Economic Community (EEC).
