In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Luxembourg Delegation to the 1956–57 Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, recalls the leading figures who participated in the negotiations held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, on the Rome Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Luxembourg Delegation to the 1956–57 Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, recalls the nature of the relationship that developed during the negotiations between the members of the Common Market Committee, the Euratom Committee and the Drafting Committee.

In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Drafting Committee at the 1956–57 Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, recalls the final legal and formal preparations for the ceremony to mark the signing by the Six, 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, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Legal Committee at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, describes the composition and working methods of the Legal Group, also known as the ‘Drafting Committee’, responsible for laying down the general provisions and determining the legal form of the Rome Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Legal Committee at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, describes the allocation of tasks within this committee, also known as the ‘Drafting Committee’, responsible for laying down the general provisions and determining the legal form of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Legal Committee at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, recalls the nature of the relationship that developed during the negotiations between the members of the Legal Group, also known as the Drafting Committee, and the Committee of Heads of Delegation.

In 1980, Alois Mock, Leader of Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), outlines the tasks of the European Democratic Union (EDU) in the field of European policy.

In an address delivered in 1980, Franz Karasek, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe from 1979 to 1984, emphasises the need for complementarity between the Council of Europe and the European Communities. The member states of the Council of Europe, whether or not they are Member States of the European Communities, remain united by the principles of democracy and human rights.

In 1982, Alois Mock, President of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), deplores the loss of a European vision and claims that political debate in Europe is increasingly dictated by conflicts of interests.

In an address delivered in 1980, Franz Karasek, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe from 1979 to 1984, emphasises the influence of the main organisations established in Europe after the Second World War as part of the process of European unification: the Council of Europe as a symbol of the defence of democracy and human rights and the European Communities as the basis for economic integration in Europe.