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...statesmen signed-first Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak, who presided over the drafting of the treaties, then Christian Pineau of France, Konrad Adenauer of Germany, Antonio Segni of Italy, Joseph Bech of Luxembourg and Joseph Luns of The Netherlands. Hardheaded politicians all, the signers were only too aware that the treaties might yet fail to win ratification in one or another of their parliaments (particularly the French), but even that realization could not dim the drama and promise of the moment. "If we succeed," said Belgium's Spaak, "today will be one of the most important dates...
Echoing Krag's fears. Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak flatly warned that the British proposal would not be permitted to delay "even for a single day" establishment of the six-nation* Common Market, which will constitute a tightly knit "little Europe'' within the larger Free Trade Area. The difference between the two is that Britain, for example, agrees to reduce its tariff barriers with the Six at the same rate as the Six reduce them with one another, but Britain would retain control over its own tariffs in trade with other nations. If all goes...
...Europe-minded planner, Jean Monnet, who keeps a model of the Kon-Tiki on his desk as a symbol of those who take brave risks to prove an idea in the face of skepticism and indifference. The other man is NATO's newly chosen Secretary-General, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, who has presided over the interminable treaty negotiations in Brussels. One reason why the near completion of the Common Market has burst on Europe as a surprise is that Spaak has learned from the past mistakes of would-be unifiers of Europe not to ask too much...
...perhaps a question of life or death. At the very least, it is a question of our national independence." All over Europe there was a new rush of talk about a "third force," but this time with a difference. In the words of Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, "the third force is not an attempt to neutralize Europe and place her at an equal distance between America and Russia. On the contrary, it expresses the European will to cease being a dead weight upon America and to become a genuine ally, ready to assume a full share...
Appointed last week to the top administrative post in NATO: Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian statesman and longtime champion of European unity. He will succeed able, self-effacing Lord Ismay, who retires as Secretary-General in April. Spaak will be given more power than Ismay...