1. Idea of united Europe
ROBERT SCHUMAN
JEAN MONNET

2. On program Origins of the word „Europe“
Influetial thinkers of united Europe
Robert Schuman
-biography
-Schuman declaration (ECSC)
Jean Monnet
-ideas
What made the Schuman-Monnet´s project unique?

3. Origins of „EUROPE“ = a Phoenician princess kidnapped
by Zeus reincarnated into a bull
= a place where sleeps the Sun
= Europe= a place of order and the same rules for all across the Roman Empire

4. Great thinkers of unified Europe
Charlemagne
- consciousness of the European identity
Richard Coudenhove- Kalergi
- Pan-Europa
Tomas Garrique Masaryk
Winston Churchill
-"The United States of Europe”
Robert Schuman -
Jean Monnet – Schuman Plan

5. ROBERT SCHUMAN (1886-1963) -two nationalities- FR and GER
-PM, French Foreign Minister,
Mininster of Justice
co-founder and later President of the Council of Europe (1949)
crucial role in creating the NATO
implemented the European Coal and Steel Community project- of Jean Monnet

6. -May 9th 1950, Schuman declaration:
…“The French Government proposes to place Franco-German production of coal and steel as a whole under a common higher authority, within the framework of an organisation open to the participation of the other countries of Europe.“
…“Any war between France and Germany becomes unthinkable and impossible.
…“Europe, with new means at her disposal, will be able to pursue the realisation of one of her essential tasks: the development of the African Continent (R.Schuman)

7. The Coal and Steel Community signed in 1951 by the Six
The first President of the European Parliamentary Assembly
Awarded Karlspreis- (Charlemagne Prize) = European prize in Germany for contribution to the European idea and peace

8. JEAN MONNET (1888-1979) born and living in Cognac in France
- selling and export of cognac
WWI, WWII influential person
after WWII, Monnet proposed: FR should take control over coal and steel areas of Germany (Rhur and Saar)
Monnet proposed: to integrate FR and GER coal and steel communities to avoid hostilities + control by a High Authority (1952 Jean Monnet 1st President of the High Authority)
-> SCHUMAN PLAN

9. …“To create Europe is to create peace.”
“We are not forming coalitions of states, we are uniting men.”
“Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest.”
…"Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.„

10. What made Schuman-Monnet´s project
so unique?
-first organisation as such implemented
-the strategy of “step by step” integration
neo-functionalism: «L’Europe ne se fera pas d’un coup, ni dans une construction d’ensemble : elle se fera par des réalisations concrètes, créant d’abord une solidarité de fait.»
(9 mai 1950 Robert Schuman)
-supranational body (High Autority)

11. Any questions on these two guys?