On 13 November 1972, at a conference on Europe held at the Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Edmund P. Wellenstein, head of the European Commission delegation for negotiations on the enlargement of the European Communities, outlines the decisions taken during the Paris Summit of 19 and 21 October 1972 regarding economic cooperation between the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the countries of Eastern Europe.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, former official in the Private Office of the Queen of the Netherlands, explains the nature of his duties in this post between 1947 and 1950.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes how the first ECSC officials were received by the government authorities and the general public in Luxembourg.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, former Field Secretary in the United States for the World Student Service Fund, describes the attitude of the general public in the United States regarding the decolonisation of the Dutch East Indies after 1945.
In this interview, Edmund P. Wellenstein, former head of the European Commission delegation for the negotiations on the enlargement of the European Communities, looks back at the period when the United Kingdom was negotiating its accession to the Communities and contesting the sum that it would contribute to the financing of the Community budget.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, European Commission Director-General for External Relations between 1973 and 1976, describes the impact of the arrival of officials from the new Member States, particularly from the United Kingdom, on the work and general atmosphere at the Commission.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, who served as Director-General for European Affairs in the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1950 to 1952 then senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) until 1967, recalls with amusement the reactions of his colleagues in the Netherlands, including Foreign Minister Johann Willem Beyen, when Wellenstein left for Luxembourg.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, former Dutch diplomat and senior European official, describes his experience in the immediate post-war period, particularly in connection with his role as Field Secretary in the United States for the World Student Service Fund.