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EUROPE IN BETWEEN (2)
10-03-2026Europe's passive disengagement from U.S President Trump's illegitimate killing of the Iranian Ayatolla and the widespread bombing of targets over Iran, is shortsighted and shameful. Shortsighted because massive American/Israeli bombing will not contribute to democracy in Iran. Shameful, because Trump's violent adventurism is an act of aggression and runs contrary to everything Europe stands for since 1950. From Robert Schuman we inherited reconciliation and peaceful cooperation. From Solidarnosc we learned that the most repressive Soviet totalitarian regime could be defeated by pro-active support to democratic activivists (the dissidents). Europe must revive pro-active support for democratic change in Iran.
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Frans A.M. Alting von Geusau
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European Unification into the Twenty First Century
Footprints of the 20th Century - Third EditionDescription
The story of European Unification is fascinating. In 1950, two sworn enemies – France and Germany – decide to seek reconciliation and European federal unity. As a first step, they created the European Coal and Steel Community together with Italy and the Benelux countries. The fathers of this new Europe were visionary persons. Does today`s student or scholar still know who Robert Schuman, Konrad Adenauer, Alcide de Gasperi or Willem Beyen were and what they stood for?