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After World War II, European integration was seen as an antidote to the extreme nationalism which had devastated parts of the continent. In a speech delivered on 19 September 1946 at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, Winston Churchill went further and advocated the emergence of a United Statef of Europe. The 1948 Hague Congress was a pivotal moment in European federal history, as it led to the creation of the European Movement International and to the founding of the Council of Europe in 1949, the first great effort to bring the nations of Europe together, initially ten of them. The council focused primarily on values — human rights and democracy — rather than on economic or trade issues, and was always envisaged as a forum where sovereign governments could choose to work together, with no supra-national authority. It raised great hopes of further European integration, and there were fevered debates in the two years that followed as to how this could be achieved.
In 1952, European leaders Alcide De Gasperi from Italy, Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman from France, and Paul-Henri Spaak from Belgium believed that by tying not only political interests but also their national industries together, a future war between their nations became much less likely. These men and others are officially credited as the founding fathers of the European Union.
We do hope one day Georgia will closly tight its values, policy, and economy to the European Union and proudly stand among the European countries.
We hereby offer a video created by our junior students to mark Europe's Day!
