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EU Timeline: 1960s
Significant events:
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
1960
4 January
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) convention is signed in Stockholm, Sweden.
3 May
The Stockholm Convention establishing EFTA is enacted.
1961
10 to 11 February
At a summit conference in Paris it is proposed that strong political ties are formed.
7 to 10 June
Hans Furler is re-elected President of the European Parliamentary Assembly.
18 July
At a European Summit meeting in Bonn The Six announce their intention to establish a political union.
31 July
Ireland formally applies to join the European Communities.
9 August
The United Kingdom formally applies to join the European Communities.
10 August
Denmark formally applies to join the European Communities.
20 December
Walter Hallstein is re-elected President of the Commission of the EEC.
1962
10 January
The new EEC Commission, with Walter Hallstein as its President, takes office. Pierre Chatenet, French statesman, is elected President of the EURATOM Commission.
14 January
The Council adopts the first regulations on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), moving towards a single market for agricultural products.
27 to 30 March
Gaetano Martino is re-elected President of the European Parliamentary Assembly, which agrees to change its name to the European Parliament.
4 April
The regulations and basic decisions on the CAP are enacted.
30 April
Norway formally applies to join the European Communities.
30 July
The regulations creating the CAP are enforced.
1963
14 January
General de Gaulle, President of France, doubts the United Kingdom is politically motivated to join the Community. Negotiations with all applicant countries are suspended within days.
25 March
Gaetano Martino is re-elected President of the European Parliament.
4 September
Death of Robert Schuman.
23 to 24 September
The Council agrees in principle on the merger of the Executives.
8 October
Dino del Bo, Italian statesman, is elected President of the ECSC High Authority.
1964
10 January
Walter Hallstein is re-elected President of the EEC Commission.
21 March
Jean Pierre Duvieusart, former prime minister of Belgium, is elected President of the European Parliament.
1965
2 March
Victor Leemans, Belgian statesman, is elected President of the European Parliament.
8 April
The Treaty merging the executives of the three Communities (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) is signed in Brussels.
26 June
France ratifies the Treaty instituting a Council and Commission of the European Communities.
30 June
Germany ratifies the Treaty instituting a Council and Commission of the European Communities.
1 July
In protest, France breaks off the negotiations about financing the CAP and recalls its Permanent Representative, deciding to withdraw from the Council's and Permanent Representatives Committee's meetings. This is known as "the empty chair" policy.[Back to top]
1966
1 January
The EEC enters the third and last phase of the transition to the Common Market, seeking to change the Council's voting system from unanimous to majority.
28 to 29 January
The Luxembourg Compromise is agreed whereby, after seven months, France will abandon its "empty chair" policy and resume its place in the Council in return for unanimity where major interests are being voted upon.
7 March
Alain Poher, French statesman, is elected President of the European Parliament.
5 April
Belgium ratifies the Treaty instituting a Council and Commission of the European Communities.
29 April
Italy ratifies the Treaty instituting a Council and Commission of the European Communities.
30 June
Luxembourg ratifies the Treaty instituting a Council and Commission of the European Communities.
25 October
The Netherlands ratify the Treaty instituting a Council and Commission of the European Communities.
28 November
A joint meeting of the European Institutions discusses economic union within the Community and other future prospects.
1967
9 February
The EEC Council of Ministers approves the Community's first medium-term economic policy programme.
13 March
Alain Poher is re-elected President of the European Parliament.
11 May
The United Kingdom (followed by Ireland, Denmark and Norway) re-applies to join the Community, despite General de Gaulle's continued lack of enthusiasm.
29 to 30 May
At a summit conference in Rome celebrating the tenth anniversary of the signing of the EEC and EURATOM Treaties, the merger of the three Communities (ECSC, EEC, and EURATOM) is reaffirmed.
1 July
The Merger Treaty, bringing together the Executives of the European Communities (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM), is enforced, meaning that single institutions, (a single Commission and a single Council) now govern the European Communities.
3 July
The Council of the European Communities holds its first session, with Germany at its Presidency.
6 July
The new Commission, with Jean Rey, Belgian statesman, as its President, takes office.
13 September
The Commission considers applications for EC membership of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Norway.
1968
1 January
France takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities.
12 March
Alain Poher is re-elected President of the European Parliament.
1 July
Italy takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities.
27 November
The Council, the European Parliament and the Commission discuss closer monetary cooperation.
