Paul Collowald
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Paul Collowald | |
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 Collowald in 2013 | |
| Born | 24 June 1923 |
| Died | 8 July 2025 (aged 102) Brussels, Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | Civil servant Journalist |
Paul Collowald (24 June 1923 – 8 July 2025) was a French civil servant and journalist.[1]
Born in Wissembourg on 24 June 1923, Collowald made his professional debut in 1946 with the newspaper Le Nouvel Alsacien.[2] In 1952, he joined Le Monde as its Strasbourg correspondent for European and regional affairs.[3] The city had become the seat of the Council of Europe, the European Coal and Steel Community, the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community, and the European Political Community.[4] His career in the European sphere began in 1958 in Luxembourg with the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community and Euratom.[2] The following year, he moved to Brussels at the request of Robert Marjolin, Vice-President of the Hallstein Commission, to work as his spokesperson.[5] In 1973, he became director-general of the European Commission's Directorate for Information.[3] He worked for the Commission for 25 years before moving to the European Parliament, working as President Pierre Pflimlin's cabinet director.[5]
Collowald died in the Brussels region on 8 July 2025, at the age of 102.[1]