EC Library Guide on Jean Monnet, President of the European Coal and Steel Community High Authority, 1952-1955: Introduction
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Jean Monnet
Jean Monnet (1888-1979), the French politician and economic adviser, was a lifelong supporter of European integration, whose ideas inspired the Schuman Plan to unite French and German national production of coal and steel under a single banner.
(Source: Jean Monnet: the unifying force behind the birth of the European Union [website])
- Jean Monnet, the Father of EuropeJean Monnet's life and work through archives and interviews of himself. Produced on the occasion of the Jean Monnet Year.
(Source: EC Audiovisual Service. © Association des amis de Jean Monnet, 1988)
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