The Schuman Declaration of May 9 1950 is the day of the first step towards of the European Union as we know it today.  The French Foreign Affair Minister, Robert Schuman held a speech for the international press, where he invited both Germany and France, as well as other European countries to coordinate their coal and steel production, which on the other hand would serve as the first corner stone for the future “European Federation”. The countries to whom the speech was addressed to, were economically destroyed by the Second World War.


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