Aerial view of the Kirchberg district in Luxembourg. On the left: in the foreground are the buildings of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; in the middle distance is the European Commission's ‘Jean Monnet' Building. On the right: in the foreground are the buildings of the Secretariat of the European Parliament; behind them is the European Court of Auditors.
Delegation from the ECSC High Authority at the second part of the fifth session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, held in Strasbourg in June 1953. Among those in the picture are Jean Monnet and Franz Etzel, respectively President and Vice-President of the High Authority.
On 22 January 1972 in Brussels, the British Delegation signs the Treaty of Accession to the European Communities. From left to Right: Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Foreign Minister, Edward Heath, Prime Minister, and Geoffrey Rippon, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Head of the accession negotiations.
Altiero Spinelli, Rapporteur for the Draft Treaty establishing the European Union, on the benches of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 February 1984.
Symbolic photo showing the Treaty on European Union, which was signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992 and came into force on 1 November 1993, in the 10 official languages of the European Union of the Twelve.
On 9 May 1948, on the margins of the Congress of Europe in The Hague, the delegates take part in a major European rally attended by a crowd of some 40 000 people on Dam Square, Amsterdam.
