Address given by the Commission representative on 9 May 1972 during the subcommittee and the ad hoc group meeting concerning preparations for the Conference on European Security and Cooperation. The address, which is divided into three sections, deals with the attitude of the countries of Eastern Europe towards the Community, the Community’s attitude towards the countries of Eastern Europe, and the relationship between the EEC and the COMECON.
On 12 January 1966, Henri Étienne, Head of Division of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), hands to Karl-Heinz Narjes, Head of Cabinet to the President of the Commission Walter Hallstein, a summary note from Jean Maurin, Member of the Executive Secretariat of the Commission, which recalls the details of the development of the political position of Belgium and that of the Belgian Foreign Minister, Paul-Henri Spaak, since the beginning of the empty chair crisis on 30 June 1965.
On 20 January 1966, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) draws up a note which gives an account of the course and the substance of the debates between the Foreign Ministers of the Six during the first meeting of the Luxembourg Extraordinary Council, held on 17 and 18 January in order to find a political compromise which could bring the empty chair crisis to a positive conclusion.
Le 22 septembre 1987, à l'occasion d'une séance académique en honneur d'Emile Noël à Bruxelles, Leo Tindemans, ministre belge des Affaires étrangères de 1981 à 1989, fait un discours sur la coopération politique européenne.
Note dated 18 April 1972 explaining that the subcommittee has been asked by the Political Committee to examine the issue of the relationship between the EEC, the COMECON and their Member States, and to focus particularly on the attitude of the countries of Eastern Europe towards European unification. The note also mentions that the Commission of the European Communities has been invited to give its opinion on the matter, which shall be further discussed at the ad hoc group and subcommittee meeting due to be held on 9 May.
The Brussels Treaty as amended by the Protocol modifying and completing the Treaty that was originally signed on 17 March 1948 by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Belgium, the President of the French Republic, President of the French Union, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, and His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas. The document presents the modified and completed version signed in Paris on 23 October 1954, which sees the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy acceding to the Treaty. The organisation established by the Treaty is renamed ‘Western European Union’ and the ‘Consultative Council’ becomes the ‘Council of Western European Union’.
In this interview, Catherine Lalumière, former State Secretary to the Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance and the Budget with special responsibility for Consumer Affairs, emphasises the quality of the European officials with whom she worked, in particular Émile Noël, former Secretary-General of the Commission of the European Communities.