The European Economic Community was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the Europe
French President Charles de Gaulle vetoed British membership, held back the development of Parliament's powers and was at the centre of the 'empty chair crisis' of 1965.
The High Authority had more executive powers than the Commission which replaced it.
The European Parliament held its first elections in 1979, slowly gaining more influence over Community decision making.
The European Coal and Steel Community was a European organization created after World War II to integrate Europe's coal and steel industries into a single common market based on the principle of supra
European Economic Community
…its six founding members: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany. It gained a common set of institutions along with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) as one of the European Communities under the 1965 Merger Treaty (Treaty of Brussels). In 1993…
The Dutch act giving assent to the Treaty of Paris, signed by Queen Juliana and countersigned by the relevant ministers.
Former headquarters of the High Authority in Luxembourg
Office building erected for the ECSC by the Luxembourg state, rue Aldringen in the Ville Haute
The inaugural meeting of the High Authority took place at Luxembourg City Hall (pictured in 1952).