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Europe Day

May 9, 2017

Peace and unity are celebrated in Europe on May 9th. The date recalls the historic Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950, in which the then French foreign minister proposed the creation of an economic community that would lead to the construction of a federation of European States that was indispensable in preserving peace. As a […]

Peace and unity are celebrated in Europe on May 9th. The date recalls the historic Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950, in which the then French foreign minister proposed the creation of an economic community that would lead to the construction of a federation of European States that was indispensable in preserving peace. As a first step, Robert Schuman proposed the creation of a Coal and Steel Community for France and West Germany that could one day include other countries. He thus laid the foundations for a broader and much more comprehensive integration, to the point that today the Declaration is considered to be the symbolic beginning of the long process of peace and stability that led to the European Union. The celebration has always been an occasion to draw citizens, institutions and populations nearer to nearer to one another, increasing awareness that the human community should be founded on values of peace, integration and solidarity.  

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