In this interview, Paul Collowald, former journalist for the daily newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien and former correspondent for European affairs for the daily newspaper Le Monde in Alsace, explains the origins of his European commitment after the Second World War.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former journalist on the daily newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien and former European correspondent in Alsace for the daily newspaper Le Monde, describes the attitude of the people of Strasbourg towards the establishment of the Council of Europe in their city, with particular reference to the first sitting of the Consultative Assembly in the main lecture hall of the University on 10 August 1949.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former journalist on the daily newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien and former European correspondent in Alsace for the daily newspaper Le Monde, describes the political implications of the address delivered in Metz on 14 July 1946, the French national day, by Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister, in support of European unity.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former journalist on the daily newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien and former European correspondent in Alsace for the daily newspaper Le Monde, describes the attitude of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe in August 1950 towards the outbreak of the Korean War.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former journalist on the daily newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien and former European correspondent in Alsace for the daily newspaper Le Monde, describes the preparations for and the political and economic implications of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, called to Brussels in 1959 by Robert Marjolin, Vice-President of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), in order to participate in the establishment of his Press Service, describes the opinion of Marjolin, former Secretary-General of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), on the role of the European Communities.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former journalist for the daily newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien and former correspondent for European affairs for the daily newspaper Le Monde in Alsace, describes the historical context in which the plan for a European Defence Community (EDC) was conceived and considers the vote in the French National Assembly against the ratification of the Treaty establishing the EDC.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former member of the Press Service of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), describes the attitude of Walter Hallstein and the Commission of which he was President during the ‘empty chair’ political crisis in 1965.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former Deputy Spokesman for the European Commission, discusses the work of Raymond Barre, Vice-President of the Commission with special responsibility for Economic and Monetary Affairs from 1967 to 1972.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former Deputy Spokesman for the European Commission, describes the actions of Sicco Mansholt, former Vice-President of the European Commission with special responsibility for Agriculture and subsequently President of the European Commission.

In this interview, Paul Collowald, former Deputy Spokesman for the European Commission, describes the proceedings at and the implications of the European Summit held in The Hague on 1 and 2 December 1969.