Jean Monnet

The European Union is hardly perfect, but no one is preparing for war or even thinking about it, thanks to the imagination and perseverance of visionaries such as Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman.

The Miraculous Dawn Of The European Union, 60 Years Ago Today 2011

The European Union is hardly perfect, but no one is preparing for war or even thinking about it, thanks to the imagination and perseverance of visionaries such as Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman.

The Miraculous Dawn Of The European Union, 60 Years Ago 2011

Jean Monnet, the founding father of the EU, believed that European unity was “not an end in itself, but only a stage on the way to the organised world of tomorrow.”

Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

Jean Monnet, a brandy merchant from Cognac, in southern France, and Robert Schuman, the French foreign minister, a lawyer from the disputed region near the French-West German border, worked together on the "Schuman Plan," which Schuman proposed on May 9, 1950.

The Miraculous Dawn Of The European Union, 60 Years Ago 2011

A continental comeback for passports, the defining documentary expression of national separateness, could reduce Jean Monnet's vision – of a Europe that would not merely "coalesce states" but also "unite men" – into a passing dream.

Globalisation: Spinning into reverse | Editorial 2011

A continental comeback for passports, the defining documentary expression of national separateness, could reduce Jean Monnet's vision – of a Europe that would not merely "coalesce states" but also "unite men" – into a passing dream.

Globalisation: Spinning into reverse | Editorial 2011

Britain has been warned ever since the European Coal and Steel Community was created by Jean Monnet in the 1950s that if she didn't get onto the "top table"—sometimes it was "in at the ground floor"—then terrible things would happen.

Europe Cries Wolf, Britain Calls Its Bluff Andrew Roberts 2011

Barroso has taken to quoting the wisdom of another of the founding fathers of the EU, Jean Monnet: "People are ready to change when they understand there is no alternative."

Eurozone crisis: European Union prepares for the 'great leap forward' 2011

At its heart is the Franco-German partnership launched by Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman in the 1950s.

2021: The New Europe Niall Ferguson 2011

The third hard fact was the creation of Jean Monnet's common market that gave Europe a shared economic—not political—identity.

What Comes After 'Europe'? Bret Stephens 2011