Bernard CLAPPIER, Robert SCHUMAN MONNET

Jean MONNET and Robert SCHUMAN in Strasbourg.

Inauguration room Jean Monnet on November 16, 1988.

Jean MONNET, one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union.

Jean MONNET, one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union, in his garden, at Bazoches-sur-Guyonne (Yvelines), France, October 29, 1975.

Jean MONNET (L), French Planning Commissionner, and Robert SCHUMAN, French Foreign Affairs Minister, July 18, 1952.

The House of Jean MONNET, in Bazoches sur Guyonne, France.

The House of Jean MONNET, in Bazoches sur Guyonne, France. On the picture: some books, notes and official documents displayed inside the House.

The Jean MONNET House, in Bazoches sur Guyonne, France.

News articles, tribute to Jean Monnet (Cognac, France, November 9, 1888 - Houjarray, France, March 16, 1979), one of the founding fathers of European construction. He had a long career in the world of politics and in the world of economics and finance. Since 1914, he was responsible for numerous tasks in the service of the French and British governments. Member of the government of Free France since 1943, after the liberation of France Charles de Gaulle asked him to establish a modernisation and equipment plan for the country. In face of rising international tensions in 1950, he developed the idea for a European Community and prepared the famous Robert Schuman Declaration on 9 May 1950. He became the first President of the High Authority for the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) on 7 August 1952 and held the positon until 3rd of June 1955. He was granted honorary citizen of Europe in 1976 and was buried in the French Pantheon in 1988.

Jean MONNET and Walter HALLSTEIN in the 25th Anniversary of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC-CECA) on 9 May 1975 Paris

25th Anniversary of the European Coal and Steel Community Paris

Family picture after the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Schuman declaration on 9 May 1975 in Paris. From left to right: Paolo Emilio TAVIANI (IT), Walter HALLSTEIN (RFA), Jean MONNET, Robert SCHUMAN (FR), SWETERS (BE), Albert WEHRER (LU) and Dirk SPIERENBURG (NL)

Commemoration of the 25th anniversaire of the Schuman declaration

Jean MONNET, one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union. Since 1950, the Frenchman Jean Monnet, Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board, played an active role in the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), serving as President of the ECSC High Authority in Luxembourg from 1952 to 1955.

Robert Schuman, President of the Common Parliamentary Assembly, with Jean Monnet, French High Commissioner for Planning during a meeting of the CPA in Strasbourg in 1958

Jean MONNET activating the hammer of the blast furnace which will allow the first european casting of cast iron.

Jean MONNET in the 50s

The first steel ingot strucked EUROP is shown by members of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC - Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier, CECA in french) and its President Jean Monnet at the factory Belval, in Esch-sur-Alzette, in Luxembourg, April 30, 1953. From left to right : Enzo GIACCHERO (IT), Dirk SPIERENBURG (NL), Franz ETZEL (DE), Heinz POTTHOFF (DE), Paul FINET (BE), Albert COPPÉ (BE), Albert WEHRER (LU), Jean MONNET (FR), Léon DAUM (FR).

Fred ANDERSON, Ambassador of the USA, HALLSTEIN, State Secretary for foreign affairs of the West German Republic and Jean MONNET

Answer of Jean Monnet to a question of Michel Debré in February 1953

Jean MONNET President of Schuman Plan High Authority, Paul REYNAUD , member of the Schuman plan assembly and chairman of the Council of Economic Commission

European integration, and in particular the setting up of a six power European political authority, was discussed by three successive assemblies meeting  at Strasbourg

Jean MONNET, Chairman of the ECSC High Authority, chats with British observer Lord LAYTON in the fringes of a meeting of the ad hoc Assembly for a Political European Community (CPE), in Strasbourg

William TOMLINSON, chef of the USA delegation chats with Jean MONNET, High Authority of the ECSC President

Various pictures in January 1953

The Memoclip illustrates: - "La déclaration Schuman" - The Signature of the Treaty of Paris - Speeches during the Common Assembly - Historical footage of steel and coal production

Memoclip : European Community of Steel and Coal (ECSC)

This memoclip illustrates the signature of the Rome Treaties on 25 March 1957 in the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The first treaty creates the European Economic Community (EEC); and the second, the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). © The Associated Press. The material is offered for the purpose of providing information and/or education on the European Union until 13/02/2022. The assignment to a third part is not allowed. For any other uses contact AP – www.aparchives.com See shotlist for further information.

Memoclip : 25 March 1957 - Signature of the Treaty of Rome

Film based on newsreels telling the history of the Treaty of Paris (French versionb with shotlist in English). This film illustrates the Schuman declaration (09/05/1950), the signatures of the Treaty of Paris, the High Authority, the Court of Justice and the Assembly of the ECSC, coal mining and steel industry across Europe.

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