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1957 in France

Explore 24 historical events and records for France in 1957.

Historical records for France in 1957

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February

Treaty of Rome

Pineau, Christian ยท Paris ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Pineau joins the foreign ministers' meeting that prepares settlement of the remaining questions before the final Paris conference.

Death of Maurice-Francois Garin

Garin, Maurice-Francois ยท Sport / Cycling

Death of Maurice-Francois Garin

Treaty of Rome

Faure, Maurice ยท Paris ยท Foreign Affairs ยท Government / Government of France

Faure takes part in the Paris conference dealing with overseas territories, Algeria, the common external tariff and Euratom questions.

Treaty of Rome

Mollet, Guy Alcide ยท Paris ยท Prime Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Mollet convenes the final conference of the Six to resolve outstanding issues and permit rapid signature of the treaties.

Treaty of Rome

Mollet, Guy Alcide ยท Paris ยท Prime Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Mollet helps conclude the Paris settlement that clears the way for the Rome Treaties to be signed the following month.

March

Euratom Treaty

Pineau, Christian ยท Rome ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Signs the Euratom Treaty for France at the same Rome ceremony.

Euratom Treaty Signature

Faure, Maurice ยท Rome ยท Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Faure signed the Euratom treaty for France alongside the treaty establishing the European Economic Community.

Treaty of Rome

Faure, Maurice ยท Rome ยท European Affairs Minister ยท Government / Government of France

Signs the Treaty of Rome for France alongside Christian Pineau.

Treaty of Rome

Faure, Maurice ยท Rome ยท Foreign Affairs ยท Government / Government of France

Signs the Treaty of Rome for France alongside Foreign Minister Christian Pineau.

Treaty of Rome

Pineau, Christian ยท Rome ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Signs the Treaty of Rome for France during Guy Mollet's government.

Treaty of Rome

Pineau, Christian ยท Rome ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Signs the Treaty of Rome on behalf of France during Guy Mollet's government.

Treaty of Rome Signature

Pineau, Christian ยท Rome ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Pineau signed the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community on behalf of France.

Common Market Policy

Mollet, Guy Alcide ยท Paris ยท Prime Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Accepts the creation of a common market after negotiation over agriculture and overseas territories.

European Economic Community

Mollet, Guy Alcide ยท Paris ยท Prime Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Supports French participation in the new European Economic Community created by the Treaty of Rome.

Treaty of Rome Background

Schuman, Robert ยท Paris ยท European Integration Figure ยท Politics / European Integration

Earlier Schuman Plan work provides political background to the later Treaty of Rome.

July

Treaty of Rome

Pineau, Christian ยท Paris ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Pineau supports the government campaign as the National Assembly approves ratification of the Rome Treaties.

French Ratification of Rome Treaties

Faure, Maurice ยท Paris ยท Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Faure supported French parliamentary approval of the Treaties of Rome creating the EEC and Euratom.

November

Treaty of Rome

Pineau, Christian ยท Rome ยท Foreign Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

France deposits its instrument of ratification with the Italian government, moving the treaties toward entry into force.

December

Nobel Prize in Literature

Camus, Albert ยท Stockholm ยท Philosopher ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Camus receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for illuminating problems of the human conscience.

Other events (month unknown)

Euratom

Schuman, Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert ยท Rome ยท Foreign Secretary of France ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

The Treaties of Rome, 1957, created the Economic community and the nuclear non-proliferation Community, Euratom. Together with interGovernmental machinery of later treaties, these eventually evolved into the European Union

Euratom

Schuman, Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert ยท Rome ยท Foreign Secretary of France ยท Government / Government of France

The Treaties of Rome, 1957, created the Economic community and the nuclear non-proliferation Community, Euratom. Together with interGovernmental machinery of later treaties, these eventually evolved into the European Union

Euratom

Schuman, Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert ยท Rome ยท Foreign Secretary of France ยท Warfare / Nuclear

The Treaties of Rome, 1957, created the Economic community and the nuclear non-proliferation Community, Euratom. Together with intergovernmental machinery of later treaties, these eventually evolved into the European Union

President of Euratom

Armand, Louis ยท President of Euratom ยท Warfare / Nuclear

Appointed President of Euratom

The Poetics of Space

Bachelard, Gaston ยท Paris ยท Philosopher ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Bachelard publishes The Poetics of Space, analysing the imagination of intimate places and inhabited space.

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