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During the 1970s, the decision-makers in the institutions of the European Communities began exploring ways how to institutionalize futures research in order to find a new strategic outlook for the European integration project. In 1974, the oneyear the Europe Plus Thirty-project was launched. It meant to propose a research structure for the integration of futures research within the Community institutions. Around forty prominent scientists, academics, and futurists were involved in the production of the final report, but this instrument never became a reality, while the community institutions continued exploring alternative pathways towards in-house futures knowledge production.  In my presentation, I will look at the main conceptual takeaways of the hefty 500page report, and the project management side of this research undertaking within the Commission to make a case that Europe Plus Thirty was more than a failed project. Instead, the conceptual underpinnings for a specific view of the long-term and integrated futures, which continued to inform the later attempts of futures research within the Commission, were clarified as a result of this project.