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Also known as Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet

French political economist regarded by as a chief architect of European unity (1888-1979)

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Jean Monnet (1888–1979) was a male figure associated with Belgium. He is recognized as an author with twenty-one works, including *Dans le maquis de Haute-Savoie*, *Los Estados Unidos de Europa han comenzado*, and *Memòries de Jean Monnet*. His writings also include *POÈMES DE L'AFRICAINE SOUVENANCE* and *La CRIÉE AU SILENCE*.

Monnet is noted for statements regarding European unity, such as "Continue, continue, there is no future for the people of Europe other than in union." He also wrote, "Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest."

He had one child and is included in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Speeches delivered by Monsieur Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority - at the inauguration of the High Authority on August 10th, 1952, in Luxembourg - at the opening session of the Assembly on September 11th, 1952, in Strasbourg
  • Dans le maquis de Haute-Savoie
  • Los Estados Unidos de Europa han comenzado
  • Memòries de Jean Monnet
  • POÈMES DE L'AFRICAINE SOUVENANCE

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium

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Listeners
10
Total plays
16

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Quotes

  • France is the nation of the rights of man. … I am sure that none of you commits the insult of thinking that the government, the army, or the administration could wish for and organize torture.
  • There will be no peace in Europe if the States rebuild themselves on the basis of national sovereignty, with its implications of prestige politics and economic protection…. The countries of Europe are not strong enough individually to be able to guarantee prosperity and social development for their peoples. The States of Europe must therefore form a federation or a European entity that would make them into a common economic unit.
  • Through the consolidation of basic production and the institution of a new High Authority, whose decisions will bind France, Germany and the other countries that join, this proposal represents the first concrete step towards a European federation, imperative for the preservation of peace.
  • Continue, continue, there is no future for the people of Europe other than in union.
  • Make men work together show them that beyond their differences and geographical boundaries there lies a common interest.

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet ( French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔnɛ]; 9 November 1888 – 16 March 1979) was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, and administrator. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union.

Jean Monnet has been called "The Father of Europe" by those who see his innovative and pioneering efforts in the 1950s as the key to establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, the predecessor of today's European Union. Although Monnet was never elected to public office, he worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected "pragmatic internationalist".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jean Monnet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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