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Histoire De La Commission Européenne 1958 KA-01-13-684-FR-C HISTOIRE ET MÉMOIRES D’UNE INSTITUTION HISTOIRE LA COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE «Seules les institutions deviennent plus sages: Les traités de Rome du 25 mars 1957 à peine signés, la Commission se mettait en place, Entreprise à la demande de la Commission elles accumulent l’expérience collective [...].» dès le 1er janvier 1958 à Bruxelles, avec un cahier des charges touchant tous les secteurs euro péenne, cette étude est à la fois un tra- Henri-Frédéric Amiel, de la vie économique des six pays fondateurs: l’Allemagne, la France, l’Italie et les trois vail d’histoire et de mémoire. Des historiens cité par Jean Monnet, Mémoires, p. 461. pays du Benelux — la Belgique, le Luxembourg et les Pays-Bas. des six pays fondateurs ont exploité un nom- bre appréciable de fonds d’archives, notamment Les quinze années couvertes par le présent ouvrage, 1958-1972, correspondent communautaires. Ils ont en outre bénéficié de à la période fondatrice de la Commission européenne, dont la mission première consistera 120 témoignages d’anciens fonctionnaires, qui «La Commission devait avoir le courage de dé- à proposer des mesures concrètes pour réaliser l’objectif principal du traité — la création sont autant d’acteurs et de témoins de ce que cider. Ce n’est qu’en ayant la volonté et la ca- d’un marché commun —, en prenant désormais comme critère d’action l’intérêt général l’un d’entre eux a nommé «une invention de pacité de prendre toutes les décisions que l’on de l’ensemble de la Communauté des six pays membres. Forgée par des hommes chaque jour». C’est sur ces bases qu’ils se sont exigeait d’elle [...] qu’elle a pu être le moteur de et des femmes venus d’horizons souvent très différents, l’histoire des premières années essayés à un exercice difficile: écrire l’histoire l’évolution de la Communauté. Si elle n’assurait est faite de crises, mais aussi de réalisations qui ont façonné les grandes avancées de l’institution — de ses aspirations, de ses pas ce rôle, il n’y avait personne d’autre qui pou- de l’intégration européenne dans presque tous les domaines. réussites et de ses déboires —, en privilégiant vait le faire.» le point de vue interne à celle-ci et le recours Walter Hallstein, Imagination, vision à long terme, enthousiasme et ténacité semblent avoir été les grandes au témoignage des acteurs afin d’en faire une Allocution du président de la Commission vertus des acteurs de l’époque au sein de la jeune institution européenne. histoire incarnée. de la Communauté économique européenne devant le Parlement européen, 21 juin 1967, p. 5. La collecte, depuis quelques années, des souvenirs et des témoignages des «anciens» de la Commission par un Consortium universitaire, sous la direction du professeur Michel Dumoulin de l’université catholique de Louvain à Louvain-la-Neuve, rend enfin «[...] il y a aussi ce que j’ai appelé un jour “la possible le récit par des historiens du parcours et du vécu de ces années fondatrices. logique des choses”: la contrainte née de ce qui a déjà été obtenu, obligeant à poursuivre et à Cette version est une nouvelle édition du livre initialement publié en 2007. ajouter constamment de nouvelles pierres à Un projet similaire a également mené à la publication d’un ouvrage consacré à l’histoire l’édifice.» de la Commission entre 1973 et 1986. Ibidem, p. 12. 1958-1972 LA COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE «Évidemment, notre expérience nous a enseigné une chose: que, pour une union effective, il faut un organe responsable, indépendant, européen 1958-1972 [...].» Ibidem, p. 16. Illustration de couverture: L’histoire est faite par des êtres de chair et de sang. Tandis qu’une génération est aux affaires, une autre naît et grandit. Autour d’une table ronde, les membres HISTOIRE ET MÉMOIRES du collège de la Commission de la Communauté économique européenne incarnent en 1964 une institution originale. D’UNE INSTITUTION Autour d’une autre table ronde, des enfants d’une classe maternelle de l’École européenne de Bruxelles sont des acteurs en puissance de l’avenir. Les uns et les autres illustrent le perpétuel jeu de miroir entre le passé et le présent, et l’élaboration du rapport subtil qu’entretiennent l’histoire qui se fait et la mémoire qui, plus tard, en conservera les traces. Médiathèque de la Commission européenne, doi:10.2792/31667 P-007759-00-2 et P-009190-00-8 Prix au Luxembourg: 39 EUR © Communautés européennes KA-01-13-684-FR-C HISTOIRE ET MÉMOIRES D’UNE INSTITUTION HISTOIRE LA COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE «Seules les institutions deviennent plus sages: Les traités de Rome du 25 mars 1957 à peine signés, la Commission se mettait en place, Entreprise à la demande de la Commission elles accumulent l’expérience collective [...].» dès le 1er janvier 1958 à Bruxelles, avec un cahier des charges touchant tous les secteurs euro péenne, cette étude est à la fois un tra- Henri-Frédéric Amiel, de la vie économique des six pays fondateurs: l’Allemagne, la France, l’Italie et les trois vail d’histoire et de mémoire. Des historiens cité par Jean Monnet, Mémoires, p. 461. pays du Benelux — la Belgique, le Luxembourg et les Pays-Bas. des six pays fondateurs ont exploité un nom- bre appréciable de fonds d’archives, notamment Les quinze années couvertes par le présent ouvrage, 1958-1972, correspondent communautaires. Ils ont en outre bénéficié de à la période fondatrice de la Commission européenne, dont la mission première consistera 120 témoignages d’anciens fonctionnaires, qui «La Commission devait avoir le courage de dé- à proposer des mesures concrètes pour réaliser l’objectif principal du traité — la création sont autant d’acteurs et de témoins de ce que cider. Ce n’est qu’en ayant la volonté et la ca- d’un marché commun —, en prenant désormais comme critère d’action l’intérêt général l’un d’entre eux a nommé «une invention de pacité de prendre toutes les décisions que l’on de l’ensemble de la Communauté des six pays membres. Forgée par des hommes chaque jour». C’est sur ces bases qu’ils se sont exigeait d’elle [...] qu’elle a pu être le moteur de et des femmes venus d’horizons souvent très différents, l’histoire des premières années essayés à un exercice difficile: écrire l’histoire l’évolution de la Communauté. Si elle n’assurait est faite de crises, mais aussi de réalisations qui ont façonné les grandes avancées de l’institution — de ses aspirations, de ses pas ce rôle, il n’y avait personne d’autre qui pou- de l’intégration européenne dans presque tous les domaines. réussites et de ses déboires —, en privilégiant vait le faire.» le point de vue interne à celle-ci et le recours Walter Hallstein, Imagination, vision à long terme, enthousiasme et ténacité semblent avoir été les grandes au témoignage des acteurs afin d’en faire une Allocution du président de la Commission vertus des acteurs de l’époque au sein de la jeune institution européenne. histoire incarnée. de la Communauté économique européenne devant le Parlement européen, 21 juin 1967, p. 5. La collecte, depuis quelques années, des souvenirs et des témoignages des «anciens» de la Commission par un Consortium universitaire, sous la direction du professeur Michel Dumoulin de l’université catholique de Louvain à Louvain-la-Neuve, rend enfin «[...] il y a aussi ce que j’ai appelé un jour “la possible le récit par des historiens du parcours et du vécu de ces années fondatrices. logique des choses”: la contrainte née de ce qui a déjà été obtenu, obligeant à poursuivre et à Cette version est une nouvelle édition du livre initialement publié en 2007. ajouter constamment de nouvelles pierres à Un projet similaire a également mené à la publication d’un ouvrage consacré à l’histoire l’édifice.» de la Commission entre 1973 et 1986. Ibidem, p. 12. 1958-1972 LA COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE «Évidemment, notre expérience nous a enseigné une chose: que, pour une union effective, il faut un organe responsable, indépendant, européen 1958-1972 [...].» Ibidem, p. 16. Illustration de couverture: L’histoire est faite par des êtres de chair et de sang. Tandis qu’une génération est aux affaires, une autre naît et grandit. Autour d’une table ronde, les membres HISTOIRE ET MÉMOIRES du collège de la Commission de la Communauté économique européenne incarnent en 1964 une institution originale. D’UNE INSTITUTION Autour d’une autre table ronde, des enfants d’une classe maternelle de l’École européenne de Bruxelles sont des acteurs en puissance de l’avenir. Les uns et les autres illustrent le perpétuel jeu de miroir entre le passé et le présent, et l’élaboration du rapport subtil qu’entretiennent l’histoire qui se fait et la mémoire qui, plus tard, en conservera les traces. Médiathèque de la Commission européenne, doi:10.2792/31667 P-007759-00-2 et P-009190-00-8 Prix au Luxembourg: 39 EUR © Communautés européennes LA COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE 1958-1972 Histoire et mémoires d’une institution Europe Direct est un service destiné à vous aider à trouver des réponses aux questions que vous vous posez sur l’Union européenne. Un numéro unique gratuit (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Les informations sont fournies à titre gracieux et les appels sont généralement gratuits (sauf certains opérateurs, hôtels ou cabines téléphoniques). Le contenu du présent ouvrage, y compris les avis exprimés, n’engage que les auteurs et ne saurait être considéré comme constituant une prise de position officielle de la Commission européenne. De nombreuses autres informations sur l’Union européenne sont disponibles sur l’internet via le serveur Europa (http://europa.eu).
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