The Council of Europe @75
H.E. Ion JINGA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative Council of Europe
Motto: „If Europe were once united in the sharing of its common inheritance,
there would be no limit to its happiness, to the prosperity and glory which its
people would enjoy.” – Sir Winston
Churchill
In the
aftermath of WW2, preventing the return of totalitarian regimes and ensuring a
lasting peace became a top priority for Europe. The
United States, which was giving financial support to Western Europe through the
Marshall Plan (the Economic Recovery Act, signed on 3 April 1948
by President Truman, provided 13.3 billion USD to rebuild the continent’s
economy), encouraged political cooperation among European democracies.
On 19 September 1946, in a
speech at Zurich University, Sir Winston Churchill noted: „Our constant aim must be to build and fortify the strength of United
Nations. Under and within that world concept we must recreate the European
family in a…
