A Short Story of European Union (EU) and The Pandemic: A French Perspective
Written By : Patrick Saumet Retired Engineer, French Armed Forces Photo credit: Shutterstock.com On the 9th of May 1950, the foreign ministry of France laid the founding text of the next EU, as said Martin Luther King in the US… it had a dream and Charles de Gaulle was the French president. This text and thinking follow the end of the WW2 to ensure peace in Europe. In 1951, 6 states (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) began the first structure of the next EU through the CECA (European community for coal and steel), in 1954 the attempt to…