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Treaty of Rome

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

17Records
1955–1957Date range
4Named people
7Places

Chronological records

1955

Walter Hallstein1 June 1955

Messina · Government / Government of Germany

Hallstein represents the Federal Republic at Messina as the Six agree to relaunch European integration.

1956

Walter Hallstein14 May 1956

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Hallstein publicly endorses the European integration strategy emerging from the Spaak Report in an address in Bonn.

Walter Hallstein29 May 1956

Venice · Government / Government of Germany

Hallstein represents the Federal Republic at Venice when the Six approve the Spaak Report as a negotiating basis.

Karl Friedrich Ophüls26 June 1956

Brussels · Government / Government of Germany

Ophüls heads the Federal German delegation when negotiations on the Common Market and Euratom formally open in Brussels.

Karl Friedrich OphülsSeptember 1956

Val Duchesse · Government / Government of Germany

Ophüls directs German negotiating work at Val Duchesse as the treaty articles are developed in detail.

Heinrich von BrentanoOctober 1956

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Von Brentano coordinates Federal German foreign policy as ministers review unresolved questions from the Brussels negotiations.

1957

Konrad Adenauer19 February 1957

Paris · Government / Government of Germany

Adenauer joins the Paris conference that settles final disputes over the common market, overseas territories and Euratom.

Heinrich von Brentano19 February 1957

Paris · Government / Government of Germany

Von Brentano accompanies Adenauer at the final Paris conference of the Six before the Rome signing.

Walter HallsteinFebruary 1957

Brussels · Government / Government of Germany

Hallstein helps complete the Federal German negotiating position as the Rome Treaties move toward final drafting.

Konrad Adenauer25 March 1957

Rome · Government / Government of Germany

Signs the Treaty of Rome for West Germany and supports deeper integration with France and the Benelux states.

Konrad Adenauer25 March 1957

Rome · Government / Government of Germany

Signs the Treaty of Rome for the Federal Republic of Germany and supports deeper European economic integration.

Walter Hallstein25 March 1957

Rome · Government / Government of Germany

Signs the Treaty of Rome for the Federal Republic of Germany alongside Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Walter Hallstein25 March 1957

Rome · Government / Government of Germany

Signs the Treaty of Rome for West Germany and helps guide the treaty through German political debate.

Heinrich von Brentano25 March 1957

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Supports West German signature of the Treaty of Rome while Hallstein handles much of the negotiating work.

Heinrich von Brentano25 March 1957

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Supports the Federal German government's decision to sign the Treaty of Rome while Hallstein remains central to the negotiations.

Konrad Adenauer3 May 1957

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Adenauer's government begins the parliamentary ratification process after the Bundesrat starts examining the treaty legislation.

Heinrich von Brentano9 December 1957

Rome · Government / Government of Germany

The Federal Republic deposits its instrument of ratification with Italy after completing the constitutional approval process.

Names involved

Heinrich von BrentanoKarl Friedrich OphülsKonrad AdenauerWalter Hallstein

Provenance

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