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Winston Churchill calls for a "kind of United States of Europe" in a speech he gives at the University of Zurich.

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Treaty of Paris, from left to right: Paul van Zeelande, Joseph Bech, Joseph Meurice, Carlo Sforza, Robert Schuman, Konrad Adenauer, Dirk Stikker, and Johannes van den Brink

25 March 1957: signing of the Treaty of Rome

The end of WWII marks the begining of Europe's reconstruction.

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