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"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.