1950 9th May
Drafting of Schuman Plan
Monnet helped design the proposal that became the Schuman Declaration and the foundation for the ECSC.
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Jean Monnet
Planner and institutional strategist of early European integration. This page combines historical context with 7 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database EEC archive.
Historical context
Jean Monnet: overview and significance
What happened?
Jean Monnet helped shape the Schuman Plan, the ECSC's High Authority and later campaigns for deeper European cooperation.
Why was it important?
Monnet's method of practical sector-by-sector integration became highly influential in the development of European institutions.
World History Database records
Jean Monnet timeline
The records below are selected from the 936-record EEC and European integration archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1950
1951
1951 April
ECSC Treaty Negotiations
Monnet helped shape the supranational institutions incorporated into the Treaty of Paris establishing the ECSC.
1952
1952 August
ECSC Institutions Begin Work
Monnet oversaw the start of work by the ECSC High Authority as the first European supranational executive.
1952 August
High Authority Presidency
Monnet became the first President of the ECSC High Authority and led the new supranational executive.
1953
1953 10th February
Coal Common Market
The ECSC common market for coal opened while Monnet chaired the High Authority.
1953 1st May
Steel Common Market
The ECSC common market for steel opened, extending practical economic integration under Monnet's High Authority.
1955
1955 October
Action Committee for Europe
Monnet founded the Action Committee for the United States of Europe to mobilise political support for deeper integration.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database EEC records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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