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European Communities1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The European Parliamentary Assembly met in ordinary session from October 21 to 24, 1958, at the House of Europe in Strasbourg. After M. Robert Schuman, President of the Assembly, had opened the proceedings, statements were made on the activities of the European Economic Community (EEC or common market) during the first nine months of its existence and on the activities of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). In regard to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the Assembly heard a statement by M. Pierre Wigny, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, in which he noted the present coal crisis in Europe, and the differences between the common market and the free trade area—the one aiming for progressive integration, the other only for facilitating trade. This speaker was followed by M. Paul Finet, President of the High Authority of ECSC, who set out the present situation concerning coal in the common market area. He stated that the situation was undeniably serious and pointed out that pithead stocks had more than trebled, rising from 7 million metric tons in 1957 to 22 million tons in 1958. Belgium and Germany had been particularly hard-hit. He reviewed the action taken by the High Authority in trying to make the marketing rules more flexible and to stabilize production and imports, and appealed to the Parliament for support in these proposals, which had been made to the Council of Ministers of ECSC. A debate ensued on the general subject of the European communities.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: IV. Other Functional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , Winter 1959 , pp. 174 - 178
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1959

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References

2 Council of Europe News, 11 1958 (8th year, No. 11), p. 5–7Google Scholar.

3 For summaries of these reports, see the following sections on EEC and Euratom.

4 Council of Europe News, 11 1958 (8th year, No. 11), p. 6–7Google Scholar; and Bulletin from the European Community, 10–11 1958 (No. 32), p. 6Google Scholar. For further information on the coal situation, see the following section on ECSC.

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7 The New York Times, November 4, 1958.

8 For a summary of the report, see Bulletin from the European Community, 12 1958 (No. 33), p. 6–7, 12–13Google Scholar. The following summary is based on Council of Europe News, 11 1958 (8th year, No. 11), p. 3–6Google Scholar.

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11 The New York Times, January 15 and 16, 1939; and The Times (London), 01 15, 1959Google Scholar.

12 For information on the United Kingdom proposal and the position of the common market countries toward it, see this issue, p. 171; for information on bilateral talks proposed by the common market, see ibid.

13 Bulletin from the European Community, 12 1958 (No. 33), p. 10–11Google Scholar; and Council of Europe News, 11 1958 (8th year, No. 11), p. 6Google Scholar. For an agreement between Euratom and certain members of OEEC, see this issue, p. 173.

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15 The Times (London), 12 24, 1958Google Scholar.

16 Ibid., December 23, 1958; and Council of Europe News, 01 1959 (9th year, No. 1), p. 11Google Scholar.

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