EC Library Guide on the history of the European Commission: Addresses to the European Parliamentary Assembly
Address by Paul Finet, the President of the High Authority, to the European Parliament (1958-1959)1
Since the early days of the European Communities, it has always been the tradition for each new President of the Commission, on taking office, to deliver a general policy statement before the European Parliament. (source: European Parliament, Historical Archives, blog October 21, 2014).
- Discours de Monsieur Paul Finet, Président de la Haute Autorité, devant l'Assemblée parlementaire européenne: Session ordinaire, Strasbourg, 1957-1958, 13 mai 1958
European Coal and Steel Community, The High Authority, 1958.
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