Johan Willem Beyen1 June 1955
Beyen represents the Netherlands at Messina and presses the case for a broad European common market.
Netherlands · Government / Government of Netherlands. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Beyen represents the Netherlands at Messina and presses the case for a broad European common market.
Beyen supports the Messina decision to develop concrete proposals for a general common market alongside sectoral projects.
Beyen attends the Venice Conference as the Six agree to use the Spaak Report for formal treaty negotiations.
Linthorst Homan heads the Dutch delegation when the Intergovernmental Conference formally begins in Brussels.
Linthorst Homan leads Dutch negotiating work during the detailed Val Duchesse discussions.
Drees brings Dutch government concerns to the Paris summit, where the Six close their remaining treaty disputes.
Luns joins Drees at the Paris conference that settles the final political questions before signature.
Van der Beugel participates in the Dutch delegation at the final Paris conference on the Rome Treaties.
Heads the Dutch government when the Netherlands signs the Treaty of Rome.
Signs the Treaty of Rome for the Netherlands alongside Joseph Luns.
Signs the Treaty of Rome for the Netherlands alongside Foreign Minister Joseph Luns.
Signs the Treaty of Rome for the Netherlands as one of the six founding states.
Signs the Treaty of Rome for the Netherlands, not Luxembourg, as one of the six founding states.
Luns supports Dutch ratification as political and economic debate focuses on the implications of the new common market.
Luns remains foreign minister when Dutch ratification legislation for the Rome Treaties is published.
The Netherlands deposits its instrument of ratification with Italy while Drees remains prime minister.
The Dutch ratification instrument is deposited in Rome, completing the Netherlands' final step before entry into force.
Drees's cabinet enters 1958 with the common-market and Euratom treaties now legally operative in the Netherlands.
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