“Our problems are man-made, therefore they can be solved by man” (JFK)

“We observe today not a victory of a party, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change”. With these words President John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his Inauguration Address in a spring morning of 1961. The state of the world he was about to lead at that time looked very different to that of today, but some guiding principles still remain the same. JFK took the responsibility of governing a country whose foreign policy dealt with very deep challenges. In different political scenarios he neighboured allies committed to sacrificing some values in exchange for security. He had the task of facing great difficulties and opportunities alike, be they human rights in his own country, Vietnam or the Soviet military build-up in Cuba. He was also committed to inspiring future generations in the enormous job of taking care of the present in order to improve the future. Llegeix-ne més

Juan Sánchez  (Sevilla, 25^th of July 2010).

 Quan es parla del començament de la integració europea sempre surt un nom, el de Jean Monnet, com un dels impulsors de la Unió Europea que ara coneixem. És evident que hi ha altres personatges que en varen ser impulsors, com, posem per cas, Robert Schumann i alguns dels mandataris europeus del moment que, entre tots, varen fer possible el que avui és tota una realitat.
Aquest preàmbul és per destacar que la setmana passada es varen presentar a Barcelona les memòries de Jean Monnet en versió catalana. Llegeix-ne més