In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Secretary of the Netherlands Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, recalls the ceremony held to mark the signing, on 25 March 1957 in Rome, of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, discusses the role of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in the decision-making process of the Council.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, discusses the role of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in the decision-making process of the Council.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, recalls the debate on the seat of the institutions at the time of their establishment.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, recalls how, and for what purpose, agricultural marathons gradually developed as a negotiating method in the Council.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permananet Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, recalls the personality and the work of the first two Permanent Representatives of the Netherlands, Johannes Linthorst Homan and Dirk Spierenburg.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, discusses the negotiations on the Association Agreements between the EEC and Greece and Turkey and recalls the position of the United States on this subject.

The French Advocate General Philippe Léger explains his role within the Court of Justice.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC), discusses the course and the political implications of the ‘empty chair’ crisis.

In this interview, Charles Rutten, former Director-General of Political Affairs in the Netherlands Foreign Ministry and former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Communities, considers the role of the Political Committee in connection with European Political Cooperation.