The early days of the European Communities
Organisational chart showing the pro-European movements (1948)
DiagramOrganisational chart showing the pro-European movements and the key figures involved (1948)
The institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) (1951)
DiagramDiagram showing the operation and organisation of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), as established by the Treaty signed in Paris on 18 April 1951.
Composition of the Common Assembly of the ECSC (First session, 10–13 September 1952)
DiagramIn September 1952, the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community held its first session in the Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg, made available by the Council of Europe Consultative Assembly. The members of the Common Assembly took their places in the hemicycle in alphabetical order.
The presidencies of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers (1952-1967)
DiagramDiagram showing the rotating presidencies of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), including the names and the offices of the presidents-in-office.
Organisation chart of the General Secretariat of the Common Assembly (1953)
DiagramDiagram illustrating the organisational structure of the General Secretariat of the Common Assembly in 1953.
The European Defence Community (1952)
DiagramDiagram showing the functioning of the institutions provided for by the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC), the placing of Member States’ armed forces (European Defence Forces) at the disposal of the Community, and the link between the EDC and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
The European Political Community (1953)
DiagramDiagram showing the functioning of the European Political Community according to the draft Treaty embodying the Statute of the European Community of 9 March 1953.
The institutions of the European Economic Community (EEC) (1957)
DiagramDiagram showing the operation and organisation of the institutions of the European Economic Community (EEC), as established by the Treaty signed in Rome on 25 March 1957 by the representatives of the six Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
The institutions of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) (1957)
DiagramDiagram showing the operation and organisation of the institutions of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), as established by the Treaty signed on 25 March 1957 in Rome.
Chart illustrating the organisational structure of the General Secretariat of the European Parliamentary Assembly (1958)
DiagramDiagram illustrating the organisational structure of the Secretariat General of the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958.
Merging the executives (1 July 1967)
DiagramDiagram illustrating the merger of the executives that resulted from the entry into force on 1 July 1967 of the Treaty of 8 April 1965 establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities.
Organisation chart of the ECSC High Authority (June 1967)
DiagramOrganisation chart of the ECSC High Authority (situation in June 1967).