Jean monnet was born in Konek, Charente, France. He was a great diplomat and came from the family of a brandy merchant. The "chief architect" of the European unification movement after World War II enjoys the reputation of "the father of Europe". The European unification movement has a long history. As early as17th century, Henry IV of France put forward the plan of establishing a European federation. 18-19th century, Rousseau and Saint-Simon put forward the idea of establishing the European union and the European federal government. During the First World War, the Social Democratic Party in Europe also put forward the slogan of "establishing a federal Europe" and made some attempts after the war.
It was not until after the Second World War, with Monet's appeal and efforts, that the political integration in Europe made progress. Jean Monnet held the firm ideal of European unification all his life. He spent most of his time behind the political stage in Europe and America, unlike some heads of state who were not so famous and whose thoughts and achievements were little known. Only in his later years and after his death, with the continuous development of Europe, especially the great international influence after the establishment of the European Union, Monet's thought on European unification and his outstanding contribution to European unification have attracted more and more attention and gained increasing popularity.
1988, on the occasion of the 0/00th anniversary of Monet's birth/kloc-0, the EU decided to designate this year as the "Monet Year". Cognac is a traditional agricultural area in France, which is famous for its high-quality grapes and brandy. 1888165438+1October 9th, Jean Monnet was born in a wealthy family in the suburb of Connecticut. Monet has lived a very superior life since childhood, and has a good family education and influence. But he has no interest in school life and has never made great progress in his studies. His parents decided to let him "inherit his father's business" and engage in wine business. Monet/Kloc-started his business career at the age of 0/6. Monet's first commercial activity was to consolidate and develop the wine market in North America. A vibrant North America is in sharp contrast with the traditional conservative Western European countries. In North America, international business and trade procedures are extremely simple, without layers of barriers and complicated and high taxes. Monet was deeply touched by this, which became an important reason for him to actively advocate the abolition of trade barriers between European countries and the establishment of the European Union. 1965438+ World War I broke out in August 2004. When the German-French War formed a stalemate between the two armies, Monet, who was only 26 years old, was keenly aware of the lack of cooperation between Britain and France in the supply and transportation of strategic materials, which greatly affected the progress of the war. Under the active recommendation of a friend of his father, Monet met the French Prime Minister in the spirit of a young man. Mo Nei suggested to the Prime Minister that in order to defeat the enemy of the same country as soon as possible and reverse the unfavorable situation of the war, Britain and France should strengthen the depth of the alliance and fully cooperate not only in strategy, but also in material supply and transportation. The French government accepted Monet's visionary and courageous ideas. Seeing that he is proficient in English and knows all aspects of Britain, the French Ministry of Defence appointed Monet as the French representative of the International Material Supply Committee, headquartered in London, to organize and coordinate on behalf of France. With the progress of the war, the importance of strategic material transportation has become increasingly obvious, and the contradiction between Britain and France in this regard has become increasingly prominent. Monet actively cooperated with others to deal with Britain, and finally made Britain and France reach an agreement on the use of transport vessels. Monet was deeply impressed by the agreement, from which he realized that countries could make some concessions for some common interests. This became an important guiding ideology for Monet to advocate European union later. 1918165438+1October 1 1, the Germans were defeated and surrendered, and the First World War ended successfully. Monet attended the Versailles Conference as the representative of France, served as the French representative of the Supreme Economic Committee of the Allies, and actively participated in the creation of the League of Nations. Monet thinks this is a rare opportunity to realize his EU thought. He worked very hard and performed very well, and was elected as the Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations. During the period of 1920- 1922, Monet helped solve many controversial problems left over from the Treaty of Versailles. He also suggested that the Allies set a final figure for Germany's war reparations, and at the same time, the Allies should lend to Germany to help it recover and develop its economy. Later, the development of the situation proved that Monet's point of view was very correct. 1935, Monet came to China as Chiang Kai-shek's financial adviser, inspected China's economic and financial situation, and put forward many good suggestions.