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Jean Monnet


 

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (November 9, 1888March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as the architect of European Unity. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist.

Quotes

  • "There is no future for the people of Europe other than in union." — Jean Monnet
  • " someone with a pragmatic view of Europe's need to escape its historical parochialism." — Dean Acheson