🏔️ What connected a small Austrian alp village to European integration? Otto Molden In 1945, he founded the European Forum Alpbach, a meeting place for debate, democracy, and European ideas. 📜 Find out more about his life through his personal fonds in @eui-euarchives.bsky.social: loom.ly/Jc03GR8

🎓Long before Erasmus, Europeans were already debating a European university Among the initiatives that emerged from these debates was the @collegeofeurope.bsky.social in Bruges, which opened its doors in 1950. 📜Explore the history of European integration through the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

🇪🇸🇵🇹🇪🇺 This year marks the 40th anniversary of Spain and Portugal’s EU accession in 1986 The road formally began with this letter from Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez requested the opening of negotiations. 📜Discover more about the history of European integration at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

⚽Still recovering from the #WorldCup final? Here's a football flashback from the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social In 1999, the EUI football team travelled to Antwerp to take part in the first European University Championship Football. 😉History preserved the photo, (un)fortunately not the score #EUI50

🇪🇺 Today marks the anniversary of Simone Veil's inaugural speech as President of the European Parliament. Following the first direct European elections in June 1979, she became the first woman elected to its presidency. 📜 Read the full speech at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/B_6-Fxs

⚽ Before #Bosman, there was Donà v Mantero Nearly 20 years before the #Bosman ruling, in 1976 the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social delivered the Donà v Mantero landmark judgement that helped lay the foundations of modern sports law and free movement in football. 📜 Learn more in loom.ly/jNfu6s8

More records = More sources for understanding Europe’s past This year, the @ec.europa.eu, @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social, @ema.europa.eu and many others deposited new archival files at the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social If you are researching EU’s history, explore our fonds: loom.ly/Z1K3Sa0

📘 The economic policeman of the planet Our Scientific Coordinator @flaviacanestrini.bsky.social traces the history of US sanctions policy since the 1970s, focusing on Iran and showing how financial tools have enabled the US to project power beyond its borders. Read more in loom.ly/MFFUXyM

All aboard! 65 years ago, the @eib.org financed one of its earliest railway projects, supporting the electrification of the North–South route in Germany. A step toward economic integration and international connectivity in postwar Europe. Next stop: @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/7mw8EAE

What was the “prehistory” of the @eib.org? The foundations were laid on this day in 1956, during the Intergovernmental Conference that agreed to create a financial instrument to support European economic integration. Discover more in @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/P9rwXh8

Towards a European common passport In 1981, the EC agreed on a uniform passport format to strengthen European identity and ease movement. With its distinctive burgundy cover, it marked a first step towards a deeper integration. Explore the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social for more loom.ly/R5QAKE4

Between cooperative and adversarial EU politics An article by our own Luciano Bardi and Jacopo Cellini analyses interparty relations in the European Parliament from 1952 to 2024, with a particular focus on the European People’s Party Read it 🔓 #OpenAccess 👉 loom.ly/ZbQOpCA 📚 #FridayReads

🧑‍🤝‍🧑🇪🇺 Free movement means social security rights across EU 55 years ago in 1971, EEC Regulation 1408/ ensured workers moving across Europe didn’t lose their social security rights. Explore the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social to learn more about the European social citizenship loom.ly/tEfF69s

🇪🇺🤝United States of… Europe? Already in 1953, young European federalists gathered in Rome calling for shared citizenship, government, and parliament. Explore the Mouvement Fédéraliste Européen and a debate that lies at the heart of European integration 👉 @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/Q3263EU

Europe’s memory lives in voices, too Did you know that @eui-euarchives.bsky.social sky.social holds more than 900 oral history interviews from EU politicians and officials? 🎧 Explore the original recordings and written transcripts from the people who shaped European integration 👉 loom.ly/B_Mbulg

European public goods and EU spending This article by @manumourlon.bsky.social revisits long‑term debates on what to spend at EU level, highlighting the central role of political considerations in shaping public expenditure. 👉 Read it #OpenAccess: loom.ly/Vpdf2SU #FridayReads

Gendered career pathways in the European Commission This article (@pierrealayrac.bsky.social, @husseinkassim.bsky.social et al.) examines whether women have equal career opportunities as men to access top EC roles, revealing significant underrepresentation. Read it 👉 loom.ly/uXb19A0 #FridayReads

How did the EU use foresight to face global technological competition? Our new visiting fellow Dimitri Zurstrassen (LUISS Guido Carli University) explores EU industrial policy responses to Japan–US technological rivalry (1970s–1990s). Welcome! Become our next visiting fellow 👉 loom.ly/u_hjJE4

Tomorrow marks 40 years since #AltieroSpinelli passed away. An anti Fascist intellectual, political actor, and European federalist, he played a crucial role in the post war European integration process. 📂 Explore Spinelli’s archival fonds at the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

Yesterday was International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ In Europe, a key early step in the fight for LGBT+ rights was the 1984 Squarcialupi Report that called for the decriminalisation of homosexuality and an end to discrimination. Learn more in @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

⚖️ #OnThisDay 40 years ago, the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social delivered its landmark judgment in the Johnston case, addressing gender discrimination in public safety and reinforcing the principle of effective judicial protection. 📂Explore this and other historical procedures at: loom.ly/hC2nDvM

🇪🇺 #DidYouKnow that May 9 as a holiday in EU institutions goes back to the very origins of European integration? As early as 1950, after the Schuman Declaration, French diplomat Georges Berthoin proposed making it a shared European public holiday. 📂 Learn more in the archives: loom.ly/-_8WKg8

Tomorrow is Europe Day! On 9 May 1950, the Schuman Declaration presented the proposal for the European Coal and Steel Community, a supranational authority aimed at securing peace through economic interdependence. The first step toward today’s EU. Explore the history at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social

🏛️ 🇪🇺 From an old monastery to a transnational academic institution Digging into the archives as we celebrate 50 years of the @eui-eu.bsky.social. The handshake between Italian President Giovanni Leone and the EUI’s first President Max Kohnstamm symbolises the official inauguration in 1976. #EUI

Europe’s integration was not just economic—it was social too The Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers (1989) marked a key step in building Europe’s social dimension. 📂 Learn more at @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/-FZM_TQ #InternationalWorkersDay

🧐Do you recognise anyone in the picture? Hint: he wrote the Ventotene Manifesto. From its foundation, the EUI’s identity and mission have been closely tied to the European integration, strengthened by its vibrant intellectual community. Explore the EUI’s 50 years history loom.ly/8yot76g #EUI50

🔮 Can we study the history of Europe’s futures? On May 15, our research seminar will bring together scholars to explore different disciplinary approaches to futuring Europe. ✍️Register: loom.ly/9MtRCf8 Check the full programme👇

#OnThisDay 40 years ago, the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social issued a landmark ruling in Les Verts v European Parliament, affirming that the EU is a “Community based on the rule of law”. This EU Law milestone is preserved at the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social and accessible online: loom.ly/Mfiq2pg

📜 #DidYouKnow you can consult the documents that led to the creation of the European Common Market? From the Spaak Report to the preparatory drafts, these sources reveal how Europe imagined economic integration. 📚 Explore them at the @eui-euarchives.bsky.social loom.ly/a_obUzA

❓ Did you know that 1/3 of international organizations created since 1900 no longer exist? Yet their influence didn’t vanish. On April 23-24, join this conference to uncover their hidden impact on European governance loom.ly/n57PKCM Check the full programme👇