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From the origins of the Schuman Plan to Europe Day

  • > Introduction
  • > The international context: post-war Europe and the beginnings of the Cold War
  • > Early forms of European cooperation
    • > The Zurich address
    • > The Congress of Europe in The Hague
    • > The establishment of the Council of Europe
  • > Preparations for the Schuman Plan
  • > The Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950
  • > The signing of the Paris Treaty and the early days of the ECSC
  • > Europe day

The Zurich address

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Le discours de Zurich

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Address given by Winston Churchill (Zurich, 19 September 1946)

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On 19 September 1946, Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister, gives an address at the University of Zurich in which he invites European countries to form a United States of Europe.
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