” “"When I signed the Treaties of Rome on March 25th 1957, I had imagined the future would have arrived more quickly, and it would certainly have been richer than what life had been until then". This was stated last night to SIR by Maurice Faure, the only surviving signatory of the Treaties of Rome, who was in the capital yesterday for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaties. In 1957, Faure was the French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and yesterday morning he laid a bouquet in the Sala degli Orazi e dei Curiazi of the Capitol, the place in which the Treaties were signed. "General De Gaulle recalled Faure objected to having the majority vote approved in the Treaties of Rome, and since then we have carried with us the principle of unanimity, which still applies today". But this, according to Faure, "complicates the possibility to take decisions in a 27-member EU". Fifty years ago, he added, "I didn’t imagine Europe would change so much and would become like the one it is today; all the Governments were European, and they hoped they would form a federation of States, while we have created a confederation of States. There’s still the problem that some advocate a federation and some advocate a confederation of States". (to be continued)” “
