European Commission7h ago

On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome. 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇳🇱

They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become today’s European Union.

From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. It’s about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.

Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.

United in diversity, then and now. 💙

Show threadjeffreyb
@EUCommission I suspect leap of fate is a bit much. The Benelux cooperation is older and pretty much proved it was a good idea.
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Show threadVeza85UE4h ago
@jeffreyb @EUCommission They don't teach proper civics nor EU history in schools at national level and it shows. It's a pity that we don't have at least a miniseries about how Jean & Bob made it happen against all (considerable) odds because it was anything but smooth sailing. And the Be- in Benelux had to be bullied by Monnet into not sabotaging the European project's founding principles, btw.