Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman1948
During the last days of his first administration, Schuman's Government proposed plans that later resulted in the Council of Europe and the European Community single market
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During the last days of his first administration, Schuman's Government proposed plans that later resulted in the Council of Europe and the European Community single market
Schuman's government promoted post-war European cooperation, including initiatives that contributed to the Council of Europe and later supranational integration.
As French Foreign Minister, Schuman supported the creation of the Council of Europe, whose Statute was signed in London on 5 May 1949.
At the signing of it's Statutes at St James's Palace, London, 5 May 1949, the founding States agreed to defining the frontiers of Europe based on the principles of human rights and fundamental freedoms that Schuman enunciated.
He also announced a coming supranational union for Europe that saw light as the European Coal and Steel Community and other such Communities within a Union framework of common law and democracy.
Schuman continued advocating supranational European cooperation while serving as French Foreign Minister.
The Council of Europe and was created within the tight schedule Schuman had set.
The Council of Europe was established in 1949 as part of the wider post-war movement toward European cooperation.
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