Handing over of the draft European Political Community Treaty to the Special Council of Ministers (9 March 1953)

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On 9 March 1953, in Strasbourg, Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Ad Hoc Assembly (with his back to the camera, first from the right), hands over to Georges Bidault (standing), President of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers, the draft European Political Community (EPC) Treaty, in the presence of Joseph Bech (facing the camera, first from the left), Alcide De Gasperi (second from the left), Paul van Zeeland (second from the right) and Konrad Adenauer (first from the right).

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Source: M. Spaak remet le projet de constitution européenne à M. Georges Bidault. Strasbourg: Keystone, 10/03/1953. Noir et blanc.

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Handing over of the draft European Political Community Treaty to the Special Council of Ministers (9 March 1953)