PR Sident Der Europ Ischen Kommission - Jos Manuel Dur O Barroso, Walter Hallstein, Jean Monnet, Romano Prodi, Roy Jenkins, Sicco Mansholt (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Jos Manuel Dur o Barroso, Walter Hallstein, Jean Monnet, Romano Prodi, Roy Jenkins, Sicco Mansholt, Jean Rey, Gaston Thorn, Jacques Delors, Jacques Santer, Fran ois-Xavier Ortoli, Ren Mayer, Manuel Mar n, Albert Copp, Franco Maria Malfatti. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (French pronunciation: 9 November 1888 - 16 March 1979) is regarded by many as a chief 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. Memory plaque set up by the Jean Monnet Council after his deathMonnet was born in Cognac, Charente, into a family of cognac merchants. At the age of sixteen, he abandoned his university-entrance examinations part way through and moved to London where he spent some years in the City of London with Mr. Chaplin, the agent of his father's company. Subsequently, he travelled widely - to Scandinavia, Russia, Egypt, Canada, and the United States - for the family business. In 1914, Monnet was excused from military duty for health reasons but he set to making himself useful in other ways, namely by tackling the looming problem of organizing supplies, which the Allies were unable to resolve and which could have compromised the outcome of the conflict. Monnet believed that the only path that would lead to an Allied victory lay in the merging of France and Britain's war efforts and he reflected on a concept that would co-ordinate war resources. In 1914, young Monnet was allowed to meet French Premier Ren Viviani on this issue. The French government agreed in principle upon his plans. During the first years of the war Monnet had not much success, promoting and pressing internationally for a better organization of the allied economic cooperation. But finally, stronger combines like the Wheat Executive (end of 1916) and the Allied Maritime Transport Council (...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de