Signing of the Protocol Modifying and Completing the Brussels Treaty (Paris, 23 October 1954)

Image
On 23 October 1954, in Paris, the five Member States of Western Union (France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), together with Italy and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), sign the Protocol Modifying and Completing the Brussels Treaty of 1948, thereby establishing Western European Union. From left to right: Konrad Adenauer, Joseph Bech, Paul-Henri Spaak, Pierre Mendès France and Gaetano Martino.
Signing of the Protocol Modifying and Completing the Brussels Treaty (Paris, 23 October 1954)