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

In this interview, André Dubois, former attaché in the Secretariat of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the powers and the operation of this institution.

For Pierre Mendès France, President of the Council and French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the die has already been cast several days before the French National Assembly votes to reject the EDC Treaty.

On 30 August 1954, the French National Assembly refuses to discuss the diplomatic document which would allow the President of the Republic to ratify the EDC Treaty.

In 1969, Claude Bonjean, an RTL reporter, outlines the main stages of European integration since 1945. He focuses, in particular, upon the Messina Conference of 1, 2 and 3 June 1955, with the help of accounts given by Roger Massip and Maurice Delarue, journalists working respectively for Le Figaro and France-Soir.