From the 1948 Hague Congress to the Conference on the Future of Europe
“To rebuild Europe from its ruins and make its light shine forth again upon the world, we must first of all conquer ourselves,” Winston Churchill said on 7 May 1948. He was addressing the participants to the five-day Congress of Europe in The Hague who had gathered there from 17 European countries to discuss what was next for Europe. Representatives from another 10 countries, including the USA and Canada, participated as observers.
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