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'The Hague Congress' from Le Monde (9-10 May 1948)
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Press article
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Le Congrès de La Haye, in Le Monde. 09.-10.05.1948, No 1 021, p. 1. Translated by the CVCE.
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European Movement, Hague conference
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In its edition of 9–10 May 1948, the French daily newspaper Le Monde describes the significance of and the issues involved in the debates held during the Congress of Europe held in The Hague.
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| Location in the digital library |
SPECIAL FILES >> The Congress of Europe in The Hague (7–10 May 1948) >> The proceedings of the Hague Congress >> The work of the Hague Congress
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1945–1949 The pioneering phase >> The European idea >> The federalist congresses >> The Hague
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The Hague Congress
Living in a nightmare on a daily basis increases our desire to escape and to drift off into beautiful dreams. The darker the present, the stronger our faith in a brighter future. It is this powerful feeling of nations that has given rise, since the war, to so many European federalist movements and has prompted the holding of the Hague Congress. It is indeed fortunate that Mr Winston Churchill, whose eminent personality dominates our entire era, will once again support and sponsor the age-old and noble idea of a United States of Europe. We could not find a better advocate for a nobler cause. His inaugural address continues the thrust of his speeches in Fulton and Zurich, where the ex-Prime Minister invited Europe to unite against the Russian peril and later urged France to bring Germany back into the European fold. Yesterday, he was more cautious and less categorical, as much towards the USSR as towards France. He abandoned his usual crusade against Communism. Instead of encouraging Franco-German reconciliation, he spoke of the need for the victorious nations to ‘take Germany by the hand’ and work towards restoring its economy. Mr Churchill’s suggestion is very bold indeed. He has taken a stand in favour of the creation of a European assembly that could, as of now, make Europe’s voice heard. He evoked the concept of a f (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
The European Court of Human Rights
The College of Europe
Submission of a proposal for a European Assembly by the European Movement (Paris, 9 December 1948)
Cover of a British work on the implications of the Congress of Europe in The Hague (1949)
Note from Ronald W. G. Mackay on a meeting of the British delegation to The Hague held in the House of Commons (2 June 1948)
Dutch cartoon on the process of European unity (15 May 1948)
Joseph Retinger
Towards the European Assembly and the Council of Europe
The Political Committee
Letter from Slovenian activists to Winston Churchill (6 May 1948)
Practical organisation and symbols
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