Cartoon by Stig on Paul-Henri Spaak’s resignation from his post as President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe (December 1951)
Image ‘… if you carry on going nowhere like that, you Father Christmases! …*' On 11 December 1951, given the United Kingdom's refusal to take part in the Schuman Plan, and disappointed at the ineffectiveness of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe in furthering the European unification process, Paul-Henri Spaak resigns from his post as President of the Consultative Assembly. * Editor’s note: We have put the words ‘Father Christmases’ into Mr Spaak’s mouth to add a touch of Christmas spirit to our front page.
Source and copyright
Source: Der Tintenfisch. Das humoristische Blatt des Saarlandes. Dezember 1951, Nr. 26; Jahrgang 4. Saarbrücken: Presse-Verlag GmbH.
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