National Content: Belgium
European reflation : what are the contents of the Common Market treaty and of the Euratom treaty.
| Source | « Le Soir » n°81, the 22th of March 1957, P. 2. |
| Event referred to | 25th March 1957: Birth of the EEC |
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| Description of the source | Kind of source: Newspaper article Origin of the source: Archives of the University of Liège (Belgium) Language: French Copyright issues: reproduction and pedagogical exploitation authorized in the framework of the MHM project |
| Contextualisation of the source | « Le Soir » is an important French-speaking newspaper. Started in 1887, this daily of neutral trend is edited in Brussels. It is an opened place for the most important political parties in Belgium. It is mostly read by the middle classes. In 1967, 280.000 copies of this newspaper were published. (J. GOL, Le monde de la presse en Belgique, édition du Centre de Recherche et d’Information socio-politiques – CRISP- 1970) |
| Interpretation of the source | In 1957, six European countries (France, West Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy) wish to create a wide common market encouraging the growth of their industrial and agricultural production and therefore to enhance the welfare of the population. Nevertheless the resources of energy to achieve that purpose are limited. Without energy, economic development would be compromised. In order to remedy that, the association of the overseas territories with the Common Market would allow to exchange energy giving raw material for a Common Investment Policy in these regions often underdeveloped as well as the progressive suppression of customs duties. Moreover, the six countries of the European Union whish to quickly acquire industrial and technical means necessary for nuclear energy production by putting in common raw material, knowledge as well as a checking system. |
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