Trumpeter 4 Europe

For years opponents of the European Union have often and with much relish used this quote. “Europe’s nations should be guided towards the super-state without their people understanding what is happening. This can be achieved by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose but which will irreversibly lead to federation”.

Big problem for the opposition, no one can provide the source. The simple reason being Jean Monnet never said it. The quote is entirely bogus and most likely made up by a British newspaper in the 1970s.

However, Monnet has said “Our community will only develop well if all the measures that it takes are made public and explained publicly not only to the peoples of the community but also to those who do not belong to it”. Source: Part of a speech made on the 28th March 1953 to the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe