A history of the UE: Robert Schuman

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

4 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/15/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

European union

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Summary :

Introduction.
Robert Schuman's personal background: His involvement in the European integration process.
1. Robert Schuman's youth.
2. First political involvements: Robert Schuman takes up the European cause.
Robert Schuman, one of Europe's Founding Fathers: the creator of the ECSC.
1. The Schuman declaration.
2. Schuman's influence and participation in the development of the ECSC.
The end of Robert Schuman's career and his legacy.
1. The EDC setback and the end of Schuman's career.
2. Schuman's legacy.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

On May 9th, 1950, robert schuman, a French statesman and visionary European, gave a speech soon to be known as "the schuman Declaration". This event determined Europe's future and is considered as the birth of actual functional European integration; a "Europe Day" is even celebrated on each May 9. However, schuman's contribution to Europe isn't limited to the sole schuman Declaration. How exactly did robert schuman contribute to European integration? And why did schuman choose to take up the European cause? schuman's parents were born a few miles apart, although separated by the French-Luxembourgian border. schuman's father, Jean-Pierre schuman, was born in Moselle, from a family of cultivators that owned a farm spread across the border. schuman's father describes himself as being a "Lothringer," a Lorraine inhabitant. robert schuman's mother, Eugenie Duren, spent her early youth in Kruth, a small village in Alsace. This is where she married Jean-Pierre schuman; the couple later settled in Clausen, a neighbourhood close to the capital of Luxemburg.