Max Kohnstamm (1914-2010) was a pioneer of post-war European unification. As Jean Monnet's right-hand man, Kohnstamm was closely involved in the establishment and design of the European Union (EU) as we know it today. He devoted himself to a solid European and international community of law, aimed at effectively banning unilateral power aspirations and interstate violence. As a survivor of Hitler's 'Nacht und Nebel,' the young Dutch diplomat and former secretary to Queen Wilhelmina found himself both impressed and greatly inspired by Monnet's campaign for supranationally organizing the States of Europe as an alternative for war. Kohnstamm acted as secretary-general of the 'first European government': the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community. In 1956, he left office to assist Monnet and the latter's Action Committee for the United States of Europe. The two men constituted a team that exerted far-reaching influence behind the scenes of European and global diplomacy. In 1974, Kohnstamm became the first president of the European University Institute in Florence. In later years, he played a remarkable role in Jacques Delors' policy drive for completing the EU's Common Market. This book documents the life and work of Max Kohnstamm, who was an extraordinary political visionary. (Series: Veroffentlichungen der Historiker-Verbindungsgruppe bei der Kommission der EG - Vol. 13)

Max Kohnstamm: A European's Life and Work

History

Harryvan, Anjo

Van Der Harst, Jan

Europe

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co

As one of the six founding member-states of the European Union, the Netherlands has been at the heart of the European integration project from its inception. Looking back on the Netherlands’ role in European cooperation and integration during the 1950s and 1960s, Joseph Luns, the country’s long-standing Foreign Minister, depicted himself as an exponent of a «Dutch vision». This vision, Luns suggested, enabled the country to act as a leading force in Europe, thus demonstrating that in specific constellations in international affairs, a middle-sized or even a small country can play an important role. What was this «Dutch vision» of Europe and was Luns right in ascribing so much importance to it? In this book, the author sets out to investigate whether, under which conditions and by what means the Netherlands has exerted an «engineering influence» on the economic and institutional architecture of the European Union. It sheds fresh light on the policies of the Netherlands and its Benelux partners in the process of making Europe as we know it today. Achieving the Common Market may well be considered the ultimate success of contemporary Dutch diplomacy.

In Pursuit of Influence: The Netherlands’ European Policy during the Formative Years of the European Union, 1952-1973 (Cité européenne / European Policy)

Business & Money

Economics

P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales

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