The International Committee of the Movements for European Unity
The International Committee of the Movements for European Unity
The International Committee of the Movements for European Unity
Organisational chart showing the pro-European movements (1948)
SchemaOrganisational chart showing the pro-European movements and the key figures involved (1948)
Duncan Sandys
PassJoseph Retinger
PassMemorandum on preparations for the Hague Congress (22 January 1948)
TextOn 22 January 1948, the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity sets out the practical objectives of the forthcoming Congress of Europe held in The Hague.
'The States-General of The Hague' from Fédération (January 1948)
TextIn January 1948, in the French periodical Fédération, Alexandre Marc, Head of the Institutional Department of the Union of European Federalists (UEF), outlines the objectives and progress of preparations for the Congress of Europe to be held in The Hague in May 1948.
Lettre de Joseph Retinger à Emmanuel Shinwell (Paris, 13 février 1948)
TextLe 13 février 1948, Joseph Retinger, secrétaire général du Comité de coordination des mouvements pour l'unité européenne, adresse à Emanuel Shinwell, président du Parti travailliste britannique, une lettre dans laquelle il critique l'attitude du comité exécutif du parti travailliste qui tente de dissuader ses membres d'assister au congrès européen de La Haye.
'The major problems facing a united Europe' from Le Monde (4 May 1948)
TextOn the eve of the Congress of Europe in The Hague, the French daily newspaper Le Monde considers the successive stages involved in the European unification process.
'At the Congress of Europe in The Hague' from the Luxemburger Wort (5 May 1948)
TextTwo days before the opening of the Congress of Europe in The Hague, the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort considers the programme for and the issues involved in the event as they affect progress towards European unification.