English: Rome European Council, 14-15/12/1990

The European Council of Rome dealt with the following subjects:- The situation in the Gulf countries- Launching the two intergovernmental conferences, one on political union, the other on monetary agreement- Developing relations with countries from Eastern Europe - Confirmation of a framework for trade and cooperation with the United States and Canada- The progress made in transport policy- Pursuing the set up of the Single Act

Group photo (from left to right) : 1st row: Jacques Delors, President of the CEC; Felipe González, Spanish Prime Minister; Charles Haughey, Irish Prime Minister; Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister; Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor; Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister and President in office of the Council; François Mitterrrand, President of the French Republic; Francesco Cossiga, President of the Italian Republic; Enrique Barón Crespo, President of the EP; Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Protuguese Prime Minister; Constantin Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister; Jacques Santer, Luxembourgish Prime Minister; Poul Schlüter, Danish Prime Minister; John Major, British Prime Minister; Ruud Lubbers, Dutch Prime Minister;

2nd row: Hans van den Broek, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs; João de Deus Pinheiro, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jacques Poos, Luxembourgish Minister for Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Cooperation; Frans Andriessen, Vice-President of the CEC in charge of External Relations and Trade Policy and Cooperation with other European Countries; Douglas Hurd, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; Roland Dumas, French Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mark Eyskens, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Francisco Fernández Ordoñez, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Antonis Samaras, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs; Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs; Gerard Collins, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Gianni De Michelis, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs