POST COLD WAR WORLD
INTEGRATION OF EUROPE
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Adolf Hitler
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Robert Schuman
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Winston Churchill
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Benito Mussolini
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Detailed explanation-1: -On this day, 72 years ago, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman put forward the idea for what would eventually become the European Union. His vision became real 30 years ago with the signature of the Treaty on European Union in Maastricht.
Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Schuman, (born June 29, 1886, Luxembourg, Lux.-died Sept. 4, 1963, Metz, France), Luxembourgian-born French statesman who founded the European Coal and Steel Community and worked for economic and political unity designed to lead to the establishment of a “United States of Europe.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Schuman: architect of the European integration project. Robert Schuman saw action as a member of the French resistance in the Second World War, and was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jean Monnet has been called “The Father of Europe” by those who see his innovative and pioneering efforts in the 1950s as the key to establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, the predecessor of today’s European Union.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Schuman Declaration was presented by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950. It proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community, whose members would pool coal and steel production.