Oral history of European integration

The Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom

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Interview with Pierre Pescatore: the organisation of the intergovernmental negotiations (Luxembourg, 10 September 2003)

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In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Luxembourg Delegation to the 1956–57 Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, outlines the organisation of these negotiations held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, with a view to the drafting of the Rome Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

Interview with Pierre Pescatore: the international context at the time of the Val Duchesse negotiations (Luxembourg, 10 September 2003)

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In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Luxembourg Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, describes the international context to the negotiations held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, between 1956 and 1957 which resulted in the adoption of the Rome Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

Interview with Pierre Pescatore: atmosphere and working method at the Château de Val Duchesse (Luxembourg, 10 September 2003)

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In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Luxembourg Delegation to the 1956–57 Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, describes the working atmosphere that prevailed in the ‘Drafting Committee' responsible for laying down the general provisions and determining the legal form of the Rome Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).

Interview with Pierre Pescatore: the leading figures in the national delegations (Luxembourg, 10 September 2003)

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In this interview, Pierre Pescatore, former legal adviser to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and member of the Luxembourg Delegation to the 1956–57 Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, recalls the leading figures who participated in the negotiations held at the Château de Val Duchesse, Brussels, on the Rome Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).