Jean Monnet (1888–1979)
Autore di Memoirs
Sull'Autore
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Foto: Unterberg, Rolf (1953-12-19)
Opere di Jean Monnet
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Monnet, Jean
- Nome legale
- Monnet, Jean Omer Marie Gabriel
- Data di nascita
- 1888-11-09
- Data di morte
- 1979-03-16
- Luogo di sepoltura
- The Pantheon, Paris, France
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- France
- Luogo di residenza
- Cognac, France (birth)
- Attività lavorative
- diplomat
economist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (Distinction, 1963)
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Utenti
- 75
- Popolarità
- #235,804
- Voto
- 5.0
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 20
- Lingue
- 6
During the war he pushed for an unrealistic merger of Great Britain and France (yes, one country with two languages) and in post war Europe, a merger of France and Germany as a stepping stone to a United States of Europe. The U.S.E. was to function in a similar way to the U.S.A.
None of this got anywhere, but post WW2 Europe presented a very special situation as countries emerged from the ruins of nationalist Nazi violence. Governments thought more about cooperation than conflict, particularly with regard to rebuilding Germany in a safe European framework, and it was fortunate for Europe that Adenauer, the new German chancellor, saw and took the opportunity, stating to the Bundestag, "Let me make a point of declaring in so many words and in full agreement, not only with the French government but also with M. Jean Monnet, that the importance of this project is above all political and not economic,". A further vital step was a French and German agreement (guided by Monnet) to a Community based on equality rather than a balance of power, with the eventual result being the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952 with Monnet himself as President and sovereign powers conceded by the the governments of France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The book shows Monnet to be a dogged opponent of nationalism, promoting a "level economic playing field" between European nations. He would have been delighted to see the Euro common currency, european anti-trust legislation, the removal of tariff barriers and the free movement of European people, but at the same time he would have regretted that a true United States of Europe was impossible.
Not an easy read but a very valuable book.… (altro)