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Marking the expiry of the ECSC Treaty Romano Prodi says "the Convention must draw on this success" - Max Kohnstamm reminds us that the Treaty's essential heritage is the need to "build the peace"

Brussels, 23/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The ECSC Treaty expired on 23 July 2003 after 50 years. To mark the occasion the EU's Economic and Social Committee organised a symposium on the History and Future of the European Union, addressed by the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi; Spanish foreign minister Ana de Palacio; Member of the Praesidium of the European Convention, Göke Frerichs; President of the ESC, Enrico Gibellieri; President of the ECSC Consultation Committee Max...