On 9 August 1952, the French daily newspaper Le Monde comments the appointment of the first nine members of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

The nine Members of the ECSC High Authority at their inaugural meeting in Luxembourg on 10 August 1952. From left to right: Paul Finet (BE), Léon Daum (FR), Enzo Giacchero (IT), Franz Etzel (DE), Jean Monnet (FR), Albert Coppé (BE), Dirk Spierenburg (NL), Albert Wehrer (LU) and Heinz Potthoff (DE).

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the atmosphere among the officials of the High Authority during the institution’s first years of operation.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the difficulties involved in the establishment of diplomatic relations between the High Authority and third countries.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the nature of relations between the ECSC and the United Kingdom and the establishment of the Representation of the High Authority in London.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes the reactions of the High Authority and its President, René Mayer, to the work of the Spaak Committee and the conference at Val Duchesse in connection with the European revival.

In this interview, Jacques-René Rabier, who worked for Jean Monnet at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1953 to 1955 and was Director of the Information Service of the High Authority from 1953 to 1958, discusses his early days at the High Authority and describes how the Information Service was set up.

On 19 May 1953, in Luxembourg, Carl Bobleter, Embassy Counsellor and Head of the Austrian Delegation to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the nature of the economic relations between Austria and the Six.

On 17 May 1956, as part of the Geneva tariff negotiations, L. Giretti, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the main provisions of the agreement between Austria and the High Authority.

Jean Monnet (on the left), first President of the ECSC High Authority, and Joseph Bech (on the right), Luxembourg Foreign Minister, on the steps leading to Luxembourg City Hall, where the inaugural meeting of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) is held on 10 August 1952.