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 * The Forwarders**

= = //  **Helmut Kolh (German) (Born 1930)**//

 //“More Europe, Much more Europe, but an Europe for all the European citizens”.// Considered as an "European Architect", he considered that the frenco-german cooperation was the key of the European construction. He took part of the creation and ratification of the European Single Act. Helmut Kolh also introduced into the European rules the majority votation system (replacing the unanimity rule). Finally he is at the basis of the idea to create an European Consitution.

 

//(1916-1996)//**  French president, the European construction was a priority for him. François Mittérand is considered to be one of the major character of the Euopean constrution in the last 20 years. He was very influential and aware to open the European Community to other countries. He actively defended the entrance Spain and Portugual. Finally he took part of the ratification of the European Single Act.
 * //François Mittérand (French)//

//Helmut Kohl and François Mitterand are considered as motors in the European development. They play together an important role for the ratification of the single European act. // <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Calibri;"> //<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Jacques Delors (French) //**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Born in 1925) ** // <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Together with François Mitterand, Jacques Delors was considered as a main figure of the European construction in the last decades. He is also considered as the men who relaunched the processus of construction of the European Union. He participated to the elaboration of the European Single Act but also to the Treaty of Maastricht, these new work were called the “parquets Delors” the “Delors’packages”. He realizes also the structural policy of the Community. These structural policies main goals were to obtain a better social and territorial cohesion by the reduction of the economic development between the regions.

He is also at the origin of the Erasmus program and of the European social charter.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **//<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Margaret Thatcher (English) // //<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Born 1925 )//**

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">When Margaret Thatcher became the UK prime Minister she quickly negociated that the financial participation of the UK to the Commun Agricultural Policy will not exceed what the country will perceive in return. (in effect the UK economy is mainly based on a services economy). However, aware about the potential of a single market and their "liberal rules : free movement of good; services; people and capital", Margaret Tahtcher ratified very quickly the European single Act. She was also enthusiast to integrate the eastern European countries.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">//**Denis de Rougemont (Swiss) (1906-1985)**//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Swiss, Denis de Rougemont is not a politician but a writer. He published regularly essays on the Europe but also on the societies in general. He took part of the construction of the “culture Européenne”. According to him, the culture is what gives a real sens to the European construction. In effect Denis de Rougemont does not believe in a united Europe only based on politic and economic interests. He created the European cultural center.

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