In June 1948, Denis de Rougemont, rapporteur one month earlier for the Cultural Committee at the Congress of Europe in The Hague, outlines what, in his view, determines the particular nature of Europe's cultural and personalist identity.
At the Montreux Congress, the Swiss writer and staunch federalist Denis de Rougemont strongly criticises the scepticism or even the hostility of a swathe of public opinion which, in his view, produces knee-jerk reactions to plans for European unification.
Veering between amusement and admiration, the Swiss writer, Denis de Rougemont, describes the participants in the Congress of Europe, held in The Hague in May 1948.
In 1950, the monthly publication Fédération publishes a transcription of the address given by Denis de Rougemont, Swiss essayist and federalist, on 8 December 1948 in Lausanne at the opening of the European Conference on Culture.
During the Montreux Congress from 27 to 31 August 1947, the Swiss writer, Denis de Rougemont, describes the spiritual foundations of federalism, citing the Helvetic Confederation as a possible model.
In 1948, Denis de Rougemont, general delegate of the Union of European Federalists (UEF), describes the doctrinal tensions which arose at the Congress of Europe in The Hague and places particular emphasis on the importance of the federal approach in the building of a united Europe.
In October 1949, the Swiss writer and federalist activist, Denis de Rougemont, comments on the inaugural meeting of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and considers the debates between federalists and unionists on the future of the European continent.
On 7 October 1950, at the inauguration of the European Centre for Culture in Geneva, the Swiss essayist and federalist activist, Denis de Rougemont, delivers an address in which he identifies the main tasks of the Centre which has been placed under his supervision.
On 9 December 1949, reporting on the opening of the European Conference on Culture the previous day, the Gazette de Lausanne publishes an exchange of letters between the Swiss essayist, Denis de Rougement, and the Romanian writer, Virgil Gheorghiu, who outlines the reasons why he is reluctant to attend. In reply, Denis de Rougement gives grounds for hope and calls on Gheorghiu to become an ‘active pessimist'.
