POST COLD WAR WORLD
INTEGRATION OF EUROPE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Adolf Hitler
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Robert Schuman
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jean Monnet, the French politician and economic adviser, was a lifelong supporter of European integration, whose ideas inspired the Schuman Plan to unite French and German national production of coal and steel under a single banner.
Detailed explanation-2: -In fact, Napoleon’s conquests represent one effort at creating this unified entity, only through war and not through diplomacy. Victor Hugo also advocated for a political union of European nations that would unite its citizens in brotherhood.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -The European Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty-whose main architects were Horst Köhler, Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand-came into force on 1 November 1993.