Jean Monnet realised that there were 2 things a country needed before it could make war. These things were:
IRON AND COAL
Tell me who had the next idea: that the governments of France and Germany – and perhaps of other European countries too – should no longer run their own coal and steel industries.
Jean Monet´s idea
Why is the 9th May the European Union day?
Because Robert Schuman thought that the Jean Monet´s idea was a brilliant idea and he announced it in an important speech on 9 May 1950.
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