On 1, 2 and 3 June 1955, the Foreign Ministers of the six Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) meet in Messina to discuss the conditions for a revival of the European integration process. From left to right: Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium), Walter Hallstein (FRG), Antoine Pinay (France), Joseph Bech (Luxembourg), Gaetano Martino (Italy) and Johan Willem Beyen (Netherlands).