HIST 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Maastricht Treaty, Schuman Declaration, French Communist Party
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Hist 215- lecture 20- birth and rise of the european union. Liberation, 20 september, 1992: following french referendum on maastricht treaty. Men and context: the european construction: a human history. Jean monet (1888- 1979), realized thanks to the foundation of jean monet. All the ships that go to britain, come back empty, and the same time, france from britain, they come and go out empty. He wanted to rationalize and put them (the efforts) together. British and french fleets to always be loaded in both aspects of the trip. Interwar: his first hand- on approach to cooperation and internationalism. Not much theory behind it how can we supply stuff for the refugees. A project marked by the experience of ww2. The french- british union of june 1940 the new government ask for an armistice with the. June 18th, call for continuation of war and resistance idea that collapsed in 1940.
