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. 💙

@EUCommission

They did their part, they took a leap of faith.

But what are we doing today to ensure Europe will be around and thriving in the next 69 years?

Which leaps of faith are we now taking to meet the mounting challenges?

I put it to you that we still live off the surplus that these early visionaries have created, rather than creating our own.

And time is running out.