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Education and the European “Idea” (1945–1956)

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This chapter outlines the emergence of the European idea, in which there was an emphasis on creating a European consciousness if unity was to be successful. Education was identified as a means to fostering such a European consciousness. The chapter uncovers a marked sensibility for education during the post-war period until the formal creation of the European Community, with a clear cultural objective attached to the activities proposed. States were collaborating under the umbrella of the European Movement, through which individual states were able to exert opinion, power and influence during discussions in an intergovernmental context. The chapter indicates that states were therefore at the centre of the development of initiatives and activities relating to education during the establishment of the European Community.

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    A teacher, also involved in children’s theatre, who was an advocate for Strasbourg as the City of European Youth.

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    Initiatives concernant la jeunesse proposées au Mouvement Européen avant la création de la Campagne Européenne de Jeunesse, Note rélatif à l’organisation d’une rencontre internationale de dirigeants de mouvements et d’organisations de jeunesse, ME162, HAEU (1949).

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    Préparation à la conférence Européenne de la culture, Proposals for a European Education by Prof. Anne Siemen, European Cultural Conference, ME540, HAEU (1949).

  46. 46.

    General Report, Congrès de Lausanne, ME531, HAEU (1949).

  47. 47.

    Suggestions brought to the European Cultural Conference by the French Cultural Committee for a United Europe, ME540 (1949).

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    Resolutions prise par le comité sur l’éducation: Educational Committee Resolution, Congrès de Lausanne, ME531, HAEU (1949).

  49. 49.

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  50. 50.

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    Verbatim Report, IV Cultural Committee, Congress of Europe at The Hague, ME2945, HAEU (1948).

  61. 61.

    Verbatim Report, IV Cultural Committee, Congress of Europe at The Hague, ME2945, HAEU (1948).

  62. 62.

    Verbatim Report, IV Cultural Committee, Congress of Europe at The Hague, ME2945, HAEU (1948).

  63. 63.

    Speech of Salvador de Madariaga, Congrès de Lausanne, ME538, HAEU (1949).

  64. 64.

    Speech of Salvador de Madariaga, Congrès de Lausanne, ME538, HAEU (1949).

  65. 65.

    Speech of Salvador de Madariaga, Congrès de Lausanne, ME538, HAEU (1949).

  66. 66.

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  67. 67.

    General Report, Congrès de Lausanne, ME531, HAEU (1949).

  68. 68.

    Resolutions of the Committee of Institutions, Congrès de Lausanne, ME536, HAEU (1949).

  69. 69.

    Resolutions of the Committee of Institutions, Congrès de Lausanne, ME536, HAEU (1949).

  70. 70.

    General Report, Congrès de Lausanne, ME531. HAEU (1949).

  71. 71.

    Resolutions of the Committee of Institutions, Congrès de Lausanne, ME536, HAEU (1949).

  72. 72.

    Bureau européen de l’éducation populaire, Créations et activités du Bureau Européen de l’éducation populaire, ME1371, HAEU (1954).

  73. 73.

    Projet du statuts, Créations et activités du Bureau Européen de l’éducation populaire, ME1371, HAEU (1954).

  74. 74.

    Bureau européen de l’éducation populaire, Créations et activités du Bureau Européen de l’éducation populaire, ME1371, HAEU (1954).

  75. 75.

    Resolutions of the Committee of Institutions, Congrès de Lausanne, ME536, HAEU (1949).

  76. 76.

    Bureau européen de l’éducation populaire, Créations et activités du Bureau Européen de l’éducation populaire, ME1371, HAEU (1954).

  77. 77.

    Avant-projet de communiqué pour l’académie, Académie d’Europe Note 1, ME456, HAEU (1949).

  78. 78.

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  79. 79.

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    Fifth Annual Report of the Council to the Assembly on the Council’s activity for the period 1 January–31 December 1959, Assembly of Western European Union, doc. 159 (WEU-9, HAEU).

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    Reply to chapters VI and VII of the Fourth Annual Report of the Council, Western European Union, 1958 (WEU-7, HAEU) and Activities of Western European Union in the Cultural Field, Report submitted on behalf of the General Affairs Committee by Mr. Kopf—Rapporteur, Assembly of the Western European Union, Fourth Ordinary Session, doc. 96, 5 July 1958 (WEU-6, HAEU).

  83. 83.

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  84. 84.

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  85. 85.

    Activities of Western European Union in the Cultural Field, Report submitted on behalf of the General Affairs Committee by Mr. Kopf—Rapporteur, Assembly of the Western European Union, Fourth Ordinary Session, doc. 96, 5 July 1958 (WEU-6, HAEU).

  86. 86.

    Activities in the Cultural Field, Western European Union, doc. 119, 1959 (WEU-7, HAEU).

  87. 87.

    Activities in the Cultural Field, Western European Union, doc. 119, 1959 (WEU-7, HAEU).

  88. 88.

    Activities of Western European Union in the Cultural Field, Replies to the Report submitted on behalf of the General Affairs Committee by Mr. Kopf—Rapporteur, Assembly of the Western European Union, 28 April 1959 (WEU-7, HAEU).

  89. 89.

    Transfer of Cultural and Social Activities of Western European Union to the Council of Europe, Report submitted on behalf of the General Affairs Committee by Mr. Kopf, Rapporteur, doc. 149, 12 November 1959 (WEU-8, HAEU).

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    Transfer of Cultural and Social Activities of Western European Union to the Council of Europe, Report submitted on behalf of the General Affairs Committee by Mr. Kopf, Rapporteur, doc. 149, 12 November 1959 (WEU-8, HAEU).

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St. John, S.K. (2021). Education and the European “Idea” (1945–1956). In: Education and Solidarity in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63042-3_2

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