Yes, the germans lost the war, but won the peace. Who rules EU (together with France)? The germans. Who rules ECB in Frankfurt? The germans. By the way, both EU and Euro was Hitler's ideas...
[/B][/QUOTE] Isn't anglosaxons germans descendants? after the breakup of the roman empire, celts were living across france, britain and ireland and were invaded by germans. The germans who settle in france were called the franks and germans who settle in germany were called the saxons.
????? Jean Monnet was undoubtedly one of the main founders of the European Union. By tracing Monnetâs life, students are exposed to the main events of European history, from the First World War to the birth and first enlargement of the EU. Jean Monnet, who fought for a closer alliance between France and Britain during the WWI, was named Secretary General of the League of Nations in 1919. In 1923 he resigned to come back to manage his family business. Franceâs dramatic defeat in June 1940 brought a last desperate Monnetâs proposal of Franco-British Union. Hitlerâs crushing victory put a quick end to this initiative. In 1950, in the face of rising international tensions, Jean Monnet felt that the time had come to attempt an irreversible step toward uniting the European countries. In his house in Houjarray, he and his team conceived the idea of the European Community. On 9 May 1950, with the agreement of Chancellor Adenauer, Robert Schuman made a declaration in the name of the French government. Robert Schuman was born in Luxembourg in 1886. He moved to France and in 1919 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. A moderate conservative he joined the more liberal Popular Republican Movement in 1940. During the Second World War he was a member of the French Resistance. In 1958 Schuman was elected president of the European Assembly in Strasbourg. Robert Schuman died in 1963. http://www.historiasiglo20.org/pioneers/monnet.htm
Yes, Monnet was one of the founders. But Hitler (and others) got the idea. Monnet fought for a union between France and UK. Instead we got a union between Germany and France...