In this interview, Gaston Thorn, former Luxembourg Foreign Minister, refers to the atmosphere and the difficulties surrounding the Hague European Summit held on 1 and 2 December 1969.
In this interview, Gaston Thorn, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, refers to the significance and the development of cooperation between the three Benelux countries.
In this interview, Gaston Thorn, former Luxembourg Foreign Minister, refers to the implications of the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities and sets out Luxembourg's position on the enlargement of the Communities.
On 9 June 1955, during a radio broadcast on the occasion of his resignation from the post of President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), Jean Monnet emphasises the importance of the Common Market and of the United States of Europe for the future of all Europeans.
In this interview, Gaston Thorn, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and, subsequently, President of the European Commission, emphasises the significance and the implications of Turkey's accession to the European Union.
On 10 November 1989, the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Willy Brandt, former Mayor of Berlin and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), delivers an address in the John F. Kennedy Platz in which he emphasises the historic dimension of the fall of the Wall and places the event in the context of European unification.
On 28 October 1969, Willy Brandt makes his first policy statement to the Bundestag. With regard to foreign policy, he emphasises the importance of continuing and intensifying the process of European integration which he places in the context of historical development.
On 6 November 1970, Willy Brandt presents the Federal Government's first annual review relating to foreign policy. The Chancellor emphasises the efforts made by the coalition to revive European integration and warns against an ideologisation of Germany's European policy.
On 3 July 1970, during the Franco-German consultations held on 3 and 4 July, Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), outlines the major challenges in the area of European policy and welcomes the good relations between the two countries. In his address, the French President, Georges Pompidou, had described these relations as ‘exemplary'.
