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EUROPE–
Supergiant of
the Seventies?
The European
Common
Market is emerging to
shake the world
-
economically and politically.
Here is the dramatic story behind Europe's return
W
I!O \XIOULD
have believed ir
possible, in che l:uc 1940's,
rhar a United Europe
would emerge less rhan rhree decades
removed from che ruin of World
War
ll?
And only
15
years afrer rhe
signing of rhc Treary of Romc.
Mosr would have rhoughr ir im–
possible.
Yer ir has happened. and is hap–
pening, jusr as rhis magazine has long
predicred.
Today. rhc European Common
Marker srands on rhe rhreshold of
unparalleled world power. lrs pres–
cnce is incrcasingly felr in inrer–
narional circlcs - financia! and poliri–
cal. Before lhc end of rhis decade, ir
may well become che mosr powerful
economic bloc in hisrory.
The nexr !cap forward ? On January
l,
1973, if all goes according ro plan,
"Th~
si.<
are \V/e,c
Germam·.
fr:m•~
lrnlv. th(O
:-lccher!and,.
!kf¡loum.
and
Luxcmb.)Ur¡:
PLAIN
TRUTH
August 1972
to power.
by
Roy
Kosonke
Brirain. lreland. Norway and Den–
mark will oílicially join wirh rhc Six*,
and rhe Ten wil l capture a whopping
one rhird of all inrra-Europcan and
world trade.
The war-rorn, disunited Wcsrern
Europe of 19-15 is emerging as a
su–
PERGIANT
in the l970's.
Europe's Remarkable
Story
Europe in 1914
MIS
rhe most in–
Oucntial continenr in rhe world. Bur
by 1945 many of its ciries had been
rwice reduced ro massive hcaps of
rubble, devasrated by rwo world wars.
On Seprember 19, 1946 in Zurich,
Swi rzerland, Winsron Cburchill pro·
claimed : "We musr build a kind of
Unircd States of Europe." Reflecring
on whar happened in Europe,
Churchill larer said: "This noble con–
rinenr is che origin of mosr of rhe cul–
ture, arrs, philosophy and science of
borh ancienr and modero times. If
Europe were once unired in rhe shar-
ing of its common inherirancc, rhere
would be no limir ro che happincss,
ro rhc prospericy and glory which irs
rhree-ro-four hundred million pcoplc
would enjoy."
Thcn, referring ro rhe barred and
militancy rhar havc long dividcd
Europc. Churchill prophesied: ''AII
rhis could be ended at a single srroke
... the peoples of Europe have only
gor ro wake up one morning and re–
solve to be happy
:~nd
free by becom–
ing onc fami ly of narions. bandcd co–
gcrhcr from rhe Arlanric ro che Black
Sea for mutual aid and prorecrion.
One spasm of resolvc
1 "
For Churchil l, the beginning of
such a family of narions had ro be rcc–
onciliarion berwcen rwo age-long
encmies: "l am now going ro say
somerhing thar will asronish you. The
firsr srep
in
rhe rc-crcarion of rhe
European family musr be a panncr–
ship berween France and Germany."
Europeans who caught a glimpse
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