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Address given by Mariano Rumor at the Hague Summit (1 December 1969)
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Address by Mariano Rumor, in Bulletin of the European Communities. February 1970, No 2, pp. 43-47.
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Hague Summit
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© European Communities
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On 1 December 1969, at the Hague European Summit, the Italian Prime Minister, Mariano Rumor, emphasises the political need for enhanced cooperation between the Member States of the European Communities.
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HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1969–1979 Crises and revival >> The Hague Summit
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Address given by Mariano Rumor (The Hague, 1 December 1969)
This Conference of Heads of State and Governments of Europe, which you have convened at the welcome instigation of the French President, with the agreement of the other Community member Governments, makes it incumbent on us not to disappoint the expectations and the profound hopes of our peoples. Courage and vision, the necessary qualities which mark great historical choices, are required of us today. It is urgent that we should put an end to a period of uncertainty and stagnation and ensure that the peoples of democratic Europe realize that they have once more become masters of their own destiny. The complexity of the problems confronting us and the developments of world policy require that our discussions be marked by awareness of the situation and of the needs which arise from it, and inspired by maximum frankness and spirit of conciliation. We must therefore recover the spirit and language of those who preceded us on the road to the creation of Europe. They raised up our continent again from the ruins of war precisely because, overcoming age-old rivalries, they were able to close a tragic chapter in our history in order to open another based on mutual understanding and solidarity. The present Summit is the fourth in the history of our Community. I think it shall be expressing the general de (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Political cooperation
'Fear and fury on the farm' from The Guardian (26 November 1969)
The European Council
Negotiations of the Six at The Hague (1 and 2 December 1969)
1969–1979 Crises and revival of the EEC
Cartoon by Murschetz on the Hague Summit (2 December 1969)
Implementation of the decisions taken at The Hague
European Political Cooperation
Disruptions at the Hague Summit (1 and 2 December 1969)
Completion
Relaunch of European integration at The Hague (1 and 2 December 1969)
Cartoon by Geisen on the Hague summit (1969)
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