Letter from Jean Monnet to Edgar Faure on Monnet’s resignation from the post of President of the ECSC High Authority (21 May 1955)

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On 21 May 1955, in a letter sent to each government of the Six, Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), explains the reasons for his resignation. While noting that the revival of European integration is well under way, he says that he would be willing to go back on his decision.

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Source: MONNET, Jean. Lettre de M. Jean Monnet, Président de la Haute Autorité, Luxembourg en date du 21 mai 1955 à M. Edgar Faure, Président du Conseil, Paris: Démission de M. Monnet. 21-05-1955. Kept in: Archives historiques de l'Union européenne. SGCICEE Secrétariat général du Comité interministériel pour les questions de coopération économique européenne. Conférences intergouvernementales de Messine, Bruxelles et Venise, SGCICEE-04. SGCICEE-3082.

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