The united Europe of the Socialists
The united Europe of the Socialists
The Briand-Léger Plan
Aristide Briand
ImageIn 1930, Aristide Briand, French Foreign Minister and President of the Council under the Third Republic, puts forward a plan for a European federal union.
Aristide Briand
PasseportThe Europe of the Socialists
Léon Blum, L'œuvre de Léon Blum
TexteChef de la Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière (SFIO) et éditorialiste influent du journal Le Populaire, Léon Blum défend l'idéal de l'unité européenne que doit, selon lui, poursuivre le socialisme international.
‘European renovation’ from the Paraat (30 August 1946)
TexteOn 30 August 1948, the weekly journal Paraat, mouthpiece of the Dutch Socialist Party, emphasises the role of Socialism in the process of European unification.
‘Socialism and Federalism' from Le Monde (27 April 1948)
TexteOn 27 April 1949, the French daily newspaper Le Monde considers the position taken by socialist groups on plans for a European federation.
'Decline and fall of the Occident' from the Escher Tageblatt (20 November 1948)
TexteOn 20 November 1948, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Tageblatt deplores the influence of money, power and dictatorships in a Western world in full decline and advocates a return to human values.