In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1960 and 1967, explains the conditions in which the Community executive bodies were merged between 1965 and 1967, particularly identifying the need to defend the historical prerogatives of the High Authority.
In the opening speech delivered at the inaugural session of the ECSC High Authority on 10 August 1952, the Luxembourg Minister, Joseph Bech, outlines the progress of the intergovernmental negotiations inspired by the Treaty signed in Paris on 18 April 1951.
‘And even if the neighbours are jealous, we are the ones who have it.’ On 4 October 1952, in the satirical journal de Peck-Villchen, Luxembourg cartoonist Simon emphasises the role of the Luxembourg Foreign Minister, Joseph Bech, in the temporary establishment of the seat of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg.
On 10 August 1952, at the inaugural session of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg, Émile Hamilius, Mayor of the City of Luxembourg, gives an address in which he emphasises the significance of the event.
On 10 August 1952, Jean Monnet, first President of the new institution, gives an address at the inaugural session of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg.
In May 1961, the Dutch Members of the High Authority and of the Commissions of the EEC and of Euratom draw up a joint memorandum with a view to the Conference scheduled to be held in Bonn on 19 May but actually postponed to 18 July.