Walter Hallstein
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Walter Hallstein was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
Hallstein in 1957
Hallstein was taken prisoner by American troops in Cherbourg in 1944.
The Palais Schaumburg (1950), seat of the Federal Chancellery in 1950, where Hallstein worked before the German Foreign Office was formed
1955 German Foreign Office building
Treaty of Rome
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The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty, brought about the creation of the European Economic Community, the best known of the European Communities. The treaty was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France,
Signing ceremony of the treaty at the Palazzo dei Conservatori, on Capitoline Hill, Rome
The signature page on the original Treaty of Rome
One of the events in preparation of the 60th anniversary: projection on the Colosseum by the JEF
Poster celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, on the Berlaymont building