In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Secretary-General of the French Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, outlines the importance for the Val Duchesse negotiations of the preparatory work carried out in the Intergovernmental Committee established by the Messina Conference under the chairmanship of Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minister.

In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Deputy Head of the Private Office of French Junior Foreign Minister Maurice Faure, discusses the implications of the meeting held on 29 and 30 May in Venice for the revival of European integration, attended by the Foreign Ministers of the Six Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Secretary-General of the French Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, discusses the reservations held in industrial circles as well as the hopes entertained in the French agricultural sector concerning the proposed European Economic Community (EEC).

In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Secretary-General of the French Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, outlines the reservations held by the upper echelons of the French administration regarding the proposed European common market and discusses the method used by the Paris Government to overcome these reservations and formulate a common position.

In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Secretary-General of the French Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, outlines the impact of the war in Algeria and of the Suez Crisis on the Val Duchesse negotiations and on France’s commitment to European integration.

In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Secretary-General of the French Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, discusses the mindset of the members of the French Delegation and the impact of the war in Algeria on the Val Duchesse negotiations.

In this interview, Jean François-Poncet, former Secretary-General of the French Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom, discusses the implications, particularly for France, of the Val Duchesse negotiations on the establishment of the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom).