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Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, and administrator. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
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Born 9 November 1888 · Died 16 March 1979 · Q159700
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“Monsieur le Président, your legal service has the duty to inform you that you cannot leave your post. We have gone through the Treaty over and over again, and it is clear that you remain President in office for as long as your successor has not been appointed.”
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ActuaLitté: Prix Jean Monnet : 8 romans européens en lice pour l'édition 2026
Le Parisien: Dans la maison-musée de Jean Monnet, cet «inconnu célèbre», père fondateur de l’Europe
To erect a bench in memory of Monnet in Rock Creek Park, with support from the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission and National Park Service
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To leverage Monnet's legacy to foster European integration and chaired by Monnet's grandson Jean-Marc Lieberherr
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Full Fact rated the claim “Jean Monnet said a European superstate should be created without the understanding of European people.” This quote doesn’t seem to come from Monnet, but originated in a 1997 book when the author summarised what he thought Monnet’s intentions were in developing the precursor to the EU..
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And erected in front of the Robert Schuman House in Scy-Chazelles near Metz;
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Time: Jean Monnet (13 Nov 2006)
Le Parisien: « Jean Monnet est moins connu que Claude Monet »
It erected a plaque on the Willard Hotel in memory of the office Monnet kept there during World War II
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And The Father of Europe: The Life and Times of Jean Monnet in 2018
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By the department of Charente, rewards European authors for books written in, or translated to, French
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Monnet and the Americans: The Father of a United Europe and His U
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On the centenary of Monnet's birth
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Was similarly chosen as class patron by the students who entered École nationale d'administration that year and graduated in 1990
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His native country of France honoured Monnet's memory by transferring his mortal remains to the Panthéon in Paris
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And initially chaired by Étienne Hirsch, is a French non-profit that organizes about 250 conferences on European history and current events each year
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To honour Monnet's contribution to the Republic of China and especially to the creation of the China Development Finance Corporation; and the Jean Monnet High School in Bucharest, Romania
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And erected a multimedia conference room in 2000
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Died 1979-03-16.
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“Through the consolidation of basic production and the institution of a new High Authority, whose decisions will bind France, Germany and the other countries that join, this proposal represents the first concrete step towards a European federation, imperative for the preservation of peace.”
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“France is the nation of the rights of man. … I am sure that none of you commits the insult of thinking that the government, the army, or the administration could wish for and organize torture.”
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Awarded Erasmus Prize (1977).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Europe (1976).
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And an English translation by Richard Mayne by Doubleday in 1978
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Queen Elizabeth II made him an honorary Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Lyndon B. Johnson (1963).
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Monnet founded the Action Committee for the United States of Europe in order to revive European construction following the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC)
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Awarded Wateler Peace Prize (1953).
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Awarded Charlemagne Prize (1953).
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Monnet was awarded the Karlspreis by the city of Aachen in recognition of his achievements
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Career landmark: President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (1952–1955).
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Jean Monnet became the first president of the ECSC's High Authority
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Which implied an ambitious 11% annual growth rate over five years
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France implemented the Modernization and Re-equipment Plan, which was designed to spur economic recovery
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Monnet successfully negotiated the Blum–Byrnes agreement with the United States, which cleared France from a $2
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And, after the death of Francisco Giannini in 1974, the couple married canonically in the cathedral of Lourdes
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Roosevelt, with Churchill's agreement, launched the Victory Program, which represented the involvement of the United States in the war effort
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Monnet and Silvia had another daughter, Marianne
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In New York, but the ruling wasn't recognized by some other countries
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Silvia took refuge with Anna in the Soviet consulate in Shanghai, where they were living at the time because Francisco Giannini was trying to obtain custody of the child
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When Monnet was still in Shanghai, he became a business partner of George Murnane (a former colleague of Monnet at Transamerica) in Monnet, Murnane & Co
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Returned from China via the Trans-Siberian Railway, she from Switzerland
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At 2415 Foxhall Road NW, which was later home to Adlai Stevenson III and James Baker
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Forming Bancamerica-Blair Corporation which was owned by Transamerica Corporation
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Monnet moved to America to accept a partnership in Blair & Co
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And after Élie Halévy had declined to take the position, which was reserved for a French national
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A friend of the family, Fernand Benon, arranged for young Monnet to meet French Premier René Viviani in Bordeaux to talk about this issue; Monnet managed to convince the French government to agree with him, in principle
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Born 1888-11-09.
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