Britain and the Crisis of European Union
Lord Beloff
Historians like finding turning-points. The turning-point in the history of process European Union set on foot by Jean Monnet and his collaborators had actually taken place a few months before signature Treaty Maastricht. date was 20 June 1991 — event decision German Bundestag that reunification Germany (on 3 October 1990) should be followed resurrection Berlin as country’s capital gradual move from Bonn to principal institutions federal government. As seen an earlier chapter, basic inspiration Monnet, Adenauer, Schuman de Gasperi recreation Carolingian Empire. not existed Charlemagne’s time region which it situated never been part empire. It then still contested ground between Teutons Slavs.
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