Membership of the European Union has “undoubtedly been our greatest success”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking at an event in Nicosia to mark Europe Day, he said Cyprus ...

To prevent a fourth war, French statesmen such as Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman proposed joint custody over the raw materials of warfare – at the time, coal and steel.

Prepared under great secrecy by Jean Monnet and senior staff members, the plan involved pooling production of coal and steel. It was submitted in the form of a memo to the French Minister of Foreign ...

Schuman Declaration: Monnet’s supranational innovation Jean Monnet, guiding light of the Schuman Declaration and first President of the ECSC High Authority, alerted Schuman and French Prime Minister ...

Video - On July 23, 1952, the European Coal and Steel Community was established – the first supranational community in Europe. How did this first step toward European integration happen?

As the United States helped western Europe rebuild, Monnet and France’s Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, drafted a plan for the American-backed countries to mimic the US and pool resources.

"The Schuman roundabout is symbolic for Brussels and Europe," Alain Hutchinson, Brussels Commissioner for Europe and International Organisations (tasked with sustaining relations between Belgium's ...