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Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe
La bibliothèque numérique ENA
Sélection de quelques thèmes de la BN ENA
LES DEBUTS DE LA CONSTRUCTION EUROPEENNE
Après la guerre
Destruction in the Netherlands (Rotterdam, 14 May 1940)
BildIn May 1940, air raids and bombing sorties carried out by the Luftwaffe destroy a large part of Rotterdam’s Old Town.
L'idée européenne
La coopération politique - Le Conseil de l'Europe
Cartoon on the activities of the Council of Europe (August 1949)
Bild‘The Council of Europe …No forecasts. I declare the first sitting open ... I hereby close the final sitting.' In August 1949, the German satirical magazine Der Tintenfisch speculates on the effectiveness of the new European institution.
La coopération économique
Benelux stamp (1969)
BildStamp issued in 1969 by the Luxembourg Post Office to mark the 25th anniversary of the Benelux Customs Convention.
La coopération militaire
Le Plan Schuman
Map of the Saar
BildThe Ruhr
KarteJean Monnet, Erinnerungen eines Europäers: Auszug über die Geheimhaltung des französischen Vorhabens einer europäischen Kohle- und Stahlgemeinschaft
TextDer französische Plan für eine Europäische Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl wird absichtlich geheim gehalten. Anfangs werden nur neun Personen ins Vertrauen gezogen: Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman, Bernard Clappier, René Pleven, René Mayer, Pierre Uri, Étienne Hirsch, Robert Marjolin und Paul Reuter.
Le Plan Schuman
La création de la Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier
La Haute Autorité
Cartoon by Bob on the issue of a seat for the ECSC (August 1952)
BildThe issue of where to locate the permanent seats of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community remained undecided for a long time. According to the cartoonist of the satirical newspaper Der Tintenfisch, one must prepare for all eventualities: ‘The Sculpture Department of the Federation of Plastic Arts may have an interesting proposal for your town …’
The High Authority building in Luxembourg
BildThe European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) High Authority building, in Place de Metz, Luxembourg.
Cartoon by Simon on the installation of the provisional seat of the High Authority of the ECSC in Luxembourg (5 August 1952)
Bild‘Josy, good old Josy, so you managed to bring something back from Paris?' On 5 August 1952, in the Socialist daily newspaper Tageblatt, the Luxembourg cartoonist Simon portrays the key role played by Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, in the agreement reached by the Six to have the seat of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) located provisionally in Luxembourg.
BERLIN
The Berlin Blockade
TextThe Berlin Wall (1961)
KarteBERLIN
LE GENERAL DE GAULLE
De Gaulle and Europe
TextInterview with Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi: General de Gaulle and Europe (Vienna, 19 November 1971)
TonIn this interview, Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, founder in 1924 of the Paneuropean Union, discusses the attitude of General de Gaulle towards European integration.
Charles de Gaulle, Mémoires d'espoir
TextDans ses Mémoires, le général de Gaulle évoque la politique de désengagement de la France vis-à-vis des structures militaires intégrées de l'Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord (OTAN) et décrit le mémorandum dans lequel la France a plaidé en septembre 1958 pour la création d'un directoire tripartite - États-Unis, Grande-Bretagne et France - pour assumer la direction de l'OTAN.
Treaty between the French Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany on French-German cooperation (22 January 1963)
TextOn 22 January 1963, in Paris, the representatives of France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) sign the treaty known as the Élysée Treaty on Franco-German cooperation which enshrines the reconciliation between the two countries and under which they undertake to cooperate in particular in the fields of foreign policy, defence, education and culture.