Dirk Spierenburg

Dirk Pieter Spierenburg (4 February 1909 – 27 August 2001) was a Dutch politician and diplomat, born in Rotterdam.

He was a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, serving in the Monnet Authority from 1952 and was in charge of external relations. He later wrote the Spierenburg report on reform in 1979 of the European Commission which was only partly heeded.

Publications

with Raymond Poidevin, The History of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community: Supranationality in Operation (1994). (chair) Europese Unie. Rapport van de Adviescommissie Europese Unie (1975).