1. Jean Monet

2. Introduction
• Was born in 9 November
1888
• Died in 16 March 1979
• Was a French political
economist and diplomat
• Regarded as a Chief
architect of te EU
• Patron of the 1980-1981
academic year of the
College of Europe

3. World War I
• Believed into the French-
England unino for the
victory of the allied
• Contribute in WW
organisating the allied
economic operation
• Help to combinate the
Wheat executive and the
allied maritime transpot
council

4. Inter-war years
• He was assisntant of the french minister of
comerce and industry
• Due of its effort in the WW was named deputy
Seretary General of the League Of Nations
• After the league was broken he help the
economic recovery of several Europe nations
• Lived in China at the invitation of Chiang Kai-
shek, where he assisted the reorganization of
the Chinese railway

5. World War II
• 12/1939:Was send to London
to oversee the collectivization
of theBritish and French war
industries
• 8/1940:Sent to US to
negotiate the purchase of war
supplies. Persuade the
presiden to launch a massive
arms production program
• After the war some britis
economist think that he will
probably made shortened the
WWII

6. Monet Plan
• In 1945 Proposed its plan:
- Included in taiking the
control of the remaining
german coal production.
This produced the raising
of the French economic
and decreasing of the
german economy
- Removed the Saar from
Germany and transform it
into the Saar protectorate
who was under complete
french economic control

7. Monet Plan 2
- There was problem between France and Germany
because of the france control the germany mineral
production. So Monet concive the idea of a Eurpean
Community
- Robert Schuman in the name of the french goverment
proposed integration of the french and germany coal
and steel industry
- According Schuman plan Germany joined the ECSC in
1951. After this other countries joined the ECSC
- In 1951 He became the first president of the High
Authority

8. Common Market
• In 1995 Monnet founded the Action Commite for
the US in order to revive European construction
• This made European Trade unions together to
become a driving force behind and eventually
emerged the EEC established by the Teatey of
Rome (1957)
• In 1967 trnasform into the Ecwhit its
corresponding bodies
• 6/12/1963 presented whit tue Presidential Medal
of freedom

9. Legacy
• Its remains were transferred to the Pantheon
of¡Paris
• Sveral European Universities honour he
• The European Commidion named the Jean
Monet building
• The EU maintains his name with the Jean
Monet proogramme of the directorate-
General for education and Culture

10. Bibliography
• Jean Monnet: Memoirs, London 1978
• Jean Monnet: The first stateman of
independence
• Jean Monnet: Father of Europe (documentary)
• The supranational Politics of Jean Monet
• Jean Monet: Unconveentional Statesman