02/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The first secretary-general of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Jacques Genton, died, aged 90, in Sancerre (France) on Thursday 27 November. After serving as an expert with the Council of Ministers of the Communities when the EESC was being set up, Mr Genton served the institution for 13 years, from 1958 to 1971. “He was one of that first generation of architects of the European venture and one of the pioneering secretaries-general. Like Emile...