"We are carrying out a great experiment, the fulfillment of the same recurrent dream that for ten centuries has revisited the peoples of Europe: creating between them an organization putting an **_end to war_** and **_guaranteeing an eternal peace_**." These are the words of French Minister Robert Schuman, spoken on May 5, 1949. In 1993, they were finally fulfilled, with the official creation of the European Union. 1. https://schuman.info/Strasbourg549.htm