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
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.
The Council of Europe and was created within the tight schedule Schuman had set.
Supports creation of the Council of Europe as part of the postwar European cooperation movement.
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