Saggi / Essays LAYING THE FOUNDATION: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK'S EARLY YEARS Lucia Coppolaro, Helen Kavvadia, Introduction to Laying the Foundation: An Exploration of the European Investment Bank's Early Years Lucia Coppolaro, Italy and the EIB: Influence and Institutional Trajectories from Inception to the First EEC Enlargement Antonio Bonatesta, The European Investment Bank and the Stabilisation of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Financial Assistance in Greece and Turkey (1959-63) Giovanni Farese, The European Investment Bank and Italy's Mediobanca. Entangled Networks, Financial Operations, and Common Visions of Europe, 1957-1972 Helen Kavvadia, The Reification of the European Investment Bank. From Policy Choices to a Functioning Organization (1957-1977) Confronti e discussioni / Comparisons and debates Andrea Becherucci, L'Europa tra impegno militante e cultura delle differenze Sandro Guerrieri, Integrazione europea e identità democratica. La Comunità di fronte alla Spagna franchista e alla Grecia dei colonnelli