Having been invited by Jean Monnet to visit the offices of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg in 1955, Henri Rieben, Chairman of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe (Lausanne), discusses the mindset and determination of the first European civil servants.

In this interview, Henri Rieben, President of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe (Lausanne), recalls the establishment of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe (ACUSE) of which he was, from 1955, the first Administrative Secretary.

In this interview, Professor Henri Rieben, President of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe (Lausanne), describes the work carried out in Geneva in the immediate post-war period by the UN Economic Commission for Europe and emphasises the pioneering role of the Steel Division led by the Belgian, Philippe de Selliers de Moranville.