A reporter remembers Rome 1957

By: David Willey – BBC News

BBC Rome correspondent David Willey covered the signing of the Treaty of Rome as a Reuters trainee. Here he looks back at the Europe of half a century ago.

The signing of the treaty took place in the majestic surroundings of Michelangelo’s elegant Capitoline Palace situated at the top of one of Rome’s seven hills.

I was actually there in the huge room frescoed with scenes from ancient Roman battles, when the six frock-coated founders of the Europe of the Six appended their signatures to the Treaty.

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