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Robert SchumanThe Man of bordersRobert Schuman Timeline
Extract from the Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950  "The contribution which an organized and living Europe can bring to civilization is indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations." The Multiple Origins of Robert Schuman  Robert Schuman was born in Luxembourg in 1886. He was born German because his father was from Lorraine and became German with the Treaty of Frankfurt in 1870 by the annexing of the three departements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin and his mother acquired German nationality through her marriage.Robert Schuman, the Man of Borders  Robert Schuman was raised in Clausen, a suburb of the city of Luxembourg, but he spent many holidays at the Evrange family farm in Moselle as well as in Kruth in the south of Alsace where his maternal grandparents lived. Only after the armistice of World War I when France recovered the three departements ceded to Germany in 1870 that Robert Schuman acquired French nationality through marriage- he was 32 years old!! His Home in Scy-Chazelles  In 1926 Robert Schman bought a property in Scy-Chazelles, a small village 5 km from Metz.He remained there until his death in 1963. Today, you can visit the historic home of Robert Schuman, which was completely restored in 2004 from archival documents and historical photographs. Did You Know? 
Robert Schuman, the PoliticianRobert Schuman Timeline
Extract from the Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950 "Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity. The coming together of the nations of Europe requires the elimination of the age old opposition of France and Germany. Any action taken must in the first place concern these two countries."Robert Schuman, Negotiator of the Major Treaties  As the French Foreign Minister from 1948 to 1953, Robert Schuman, Minister of Foreign Affairs  Robert Schuman was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1953 in nine different cabinets. Given the ministerial instability of the Fourth Republic, this was a record. Robert Schuman Medal  "Robert Schuman Medal" was created in July 1986 by the Parliamentary Group of the European People's Party and the European Democrats Party of the European Parliament (Now the European People's Party) to honor people who, through their public action and commitment, have advanced the causes of peace, European integration and the values in the service of man. This particular medal was also rewarded to Pierre Pflimlin, Helmut Kohl, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Jacques Delors and Michel Barnier.Did You Know?
Robert Schuman and EuropeRobert Schuman Timeline
Extract from the Schuman Declaration of May 9,1950 "The French Government proposes that action be taken immediately on one limited but decisive point : It proposes that Franco-German production of coal and steel as a whole be placed under a common High Authority, within the framework of an organization open to the participation of the other countries of Europe.""The solidarity in production thus established will make it plain that any war between France and Germany becomes not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible." May 9 : Europe Day  It was at the European Council in Milan in 1985, that the Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the European Community agreed to commemorate the Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950, by making May 9th "Europe Day" celebrating the origin of European Construction. Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet  It's Jean Monnet, the French Commissioner for the Plan of Modernization, who was appointed by Charles de Gaulle in 1945, who came up with the idea to ensure the country's economic recovery as well as creating a community of partners to achieve a long lasting peace on the European continent. In a paper on May 3, 1950, he wrote "It is (therefore) necessary to abandon the past forms and enter into a process of transformation, both through the creation of common economic base and the introduction of new authorities accepted by national sovereignty." As Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman took political responsibility for the project and the ideas of Jean Monnet provided the basis of the speech by Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950.Did You Know?
Robert Schuman and StrasbourgRobert Schuman Timeline
Extract from the Schuman Declaration of May 9, 1950 "In this way, there will be realised simply and speedily that fusion of interest which is indispensable to the establishment of a common economic system, it may be the leaven from which may grow a wider and deeper community between countries long opposed to one another by sanguinary divisions."Robert Schuman : The First President of the European Parliamentary Assembly On March 19, 1958, Robert Schuman, the Christian Democrat candidate, was elected  chairman of the Joint Assembly of the three European Communities at its constitutent session in Strasbourg. The election of Robert Schuman had the support of all political groups. It was also during this session that Assembly decided to adopt the name of "European Parliamentary Assembly." The name "European Parliament" was not used until 1962.Robert Schuman and the Establishment of the Council of Europe  On August 8, 1949, Robert Schuman opened the first session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, as the representative of France, host of the organization. This session was held at the Hotel de Ville of Strasbourg, the Council of Europe did not yet have its own premises for its operations. The first session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held at the Palais Universitaire two days later on August 10, 1949.The House of Europe in Strasbourg  In the Alsatian capital the construction of a real "European House" started in 1949 opposite the Parc de l'Orangerie to accomidate the Council of Europe, one of the first intergovernmental orgaizations based in Europe after the end of the Second World War. This house was demolished in 1977 to make way for the construction of the Palace of Europe, the current headquarters of the Council of Europe. Did You Know?
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