📰 Staff of Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet put together some 'line to takes' and a narratives -in the form of potential Q&As for the press on the Schuman Declaration - mainly focused on the anti-cartel aspect of the future coal and steel pool.

The Schuman Plan as seen by cartoonists back in 1950. All published in the aftermath of Schuman declaration. #EUHistory #EuropeDay🧵🇪🇺

Spain’s accession to the EU as seen by cartoonists in 70s and 80s 🇪🇸🇪🇺 40 years ago, Spain signed the Accession Treaty. Here, a collection of what that moment looked like through the eyes of cartoonists from other EU countries back them 🧵 #EspañaEnEuropa #EspañaenlaUE

I wrote a bit about the days before the Schuman plan and the events around it 6 May - the final text www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop... 7 May - the letter to Adenauer www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop... 8 May - his reply www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop... 9 May www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

9 'curiosities' about 9 of May | The Declaration that changed Europe (and the world). #EuropeDay #EUHistory 🇪🇺🧵

Researchers, do you want to enhance your work's impact through smart #IntellectualProperty management? The European Union Intellectual Property Office has some great advice, covering the entire research lifecycle. Watch 👇 [or download the infographic 👉 buff.ly/vNElJpV] @pablopereza.bsky.social

Jacques Delors was accused of high treason. And here is the video of the trial. It was Firenze, in 1987, in the premises of the European University Institute as part of a Conference on Culture. A staged trial. Half theatre, half provocation. I love every second www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

I am really happy that this video saw the light (finally). So here It is - and a bit about the 'thinking' behind It Don Quijote, Sancho, and the EUIPO as its home www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

"Now we will also impose tariffs. It is a stupid process. But we have to do it. We will now impose tariffs on Harley Davidson, on blue jeans, Levis, on Bourbon. We can also do stupid. We also have to be this stupid" Juncker responding to Trump's trade tariffs to the EU (in 2018)

The European Commission has been doing this 'medal count' since Mexico 1968. Footage from the EC Audiovisual Library

This is great reaction 👇

I feel you, sis

Sometimes diplomacy isn’t about what you say. It’s about how long you breathe before saying nothing. Watch Kaja Kallas listening to Mike Waltz US representative to the UN at Munich Security Conference.

What if Europeans learned about Europe together....before governing it? Happy 50 anniversary to the European University Institute. Here a bit of how It was born as a small tribute www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

Norway not joining the EU is definitely up there as a "what if", but I think Brexit vote (2016), EU constitution failure (2005) and especially French parliament voting down the creation of an EU based around a unified EU military (1954) are the top three in my mind.

The biggest “what if” in the history of the EU? On 22 January 1972, Norway signed the Accession Treaty to join the European Economic Community (alongside Denmark, Ireland and the UK) Unlike the others, Norway never joined. I wrote a short text about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

14 January 1962 | The Common Agricultural Policy is born with the Council adopting the first regulations. Agricultura became the first area where European integration moved from principle to practice www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

"This meeting symbolizes America's abiding commitment to a strong and united Europe and to the European Community" Jimmy Carter during the first visit of a US President to the EU institutions | 6 January 1978, Brussels.

6 January 1977 | Roy Jenkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧, the first (and only) President of the European Commission from the UK, takes Office. Voted unanimously by the EU countries. "Our means are and have been economic. Our end remains, as it was from the beginning, political". #EUHistory🇪🇺

In 1996, EU Commissioner Erkki Liikanen received Santa Claus in Brussels. They met, they did a press point and they discussed the accusations of Santa's monopolistic position, among other topics.

The European Union hasn’t won the FIFA Peace Prize, but it has won the Nobel Peace Prize. With reason. (Some of our members have won the FIFA World Cup.) 🇪🇺🕊️ ht @pablopereza.bsky.social

This image was published in 1948. Europe tied down, pressured from both sides, while others pull the strings and wait for collapse. The context has changed. The dynamics feel somehow familiar. Gave me a hook to write how to win an info war as the one we are in www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

Eisenhower said it was a "historic need" Kennedy talked about "admiration" to EU project. Nixon went for "less lecturing Europe and more listenig" Reagan: "moral success" Obama: "great achievement of human history" ... The US-EU relations by US Presidents www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

1 November 1993 | the Maastricht Treaty enters into force 🇪🇺 It established the EU, the cooperation on foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs, the economic and monetary union, paved the way for the euro, 'created' the EU citizenship... #EUHistory #OnThisDay

Lamine Yamal registers and prtects his 304 celebration at EU level. He owns now 7 EU trade marks. Second to Mbappe in the ranking but over Messi and Ronaldo (6 each) www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

Let people actually see the EU being built. Show, not just say. 60 years ago, a small team in Brussels set up a radio and TV studio. And that was their mission. This video is from the launch. The European Commission has studios available since 1965 - more www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

30 August 1954 | The French National Assembly rejects the European Defence Community Treaty. The dream of a European Army with a common budget, centralized military procurement and institutions was over. Here, a brief story about it #EUHistory🧵🇪🇺

No budget, no ChatGPT, no agency, no dialogue...just storytelling, humour & the staff as the cast. When AI is dominating and making EU Communication boring again, the 'Intelectual Property in Sports' campaign by EUIPO showed us that being human still pays off www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

"You have grown up in a Europe where nation states have lost relative importance. You have grown up as Europeans in a world where it's natural to travel, work, and study in other countries. Many of you recognize that EU enables small countries to achieve together goals they could never reach alone"

"You are not in Hollywood here, you are in the HQ of the Commission of the European Communities" Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991) ever done. The 🇪🇺 traineeship programme turns 65, so here a small 🧵

This image is from 1952. When 🇪🇺 Unity was not just an ideal, but a need. And still It. It illustrated the first speech of Jean Monnet as President of the High Authority (predecesor of the European Commission). www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

JD Vance turns up in England telling us everything that’s wrong with our country and what we should be doing differently, which to be fair is quite an English thing to do on holiday.

This image is from 1952. When 🇪🇺 Unity was not just an ideal, but a need. And still It. It illustrated the first speech of Jean Monnet as President of the High Authority (predecesor of the European Commission). www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

This visual is from 1952. And It says a lot

This visual is from 1952. And It says a lot

It's Commission predecessor birthday! 🎉🥳

10 August 1952 | The High Authority of the ECSC takes office with Jean Monnet as its President "Little by little we'll arrive at a situation in which today’s resistance and mutual distrust will evaporate and the wish for a united Europe will win the day" #EUHistory 🇪🇺

9 August 1961 | UK applies to join the EU. It was vetoed by De Gaulle's Government 🇫🇷 in 1963. Same in 1967. The 3rd time, in 1969, the UK received the green light. 🇬🇧 joined the EU in 1973 and left in 2020 #EUHistory 🇪🇺 #OnThisDay

From Tesla to da Vinci, Marianne and Cervantes. The many design of euro coins, by country 👇🏻 www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

From Tesla to Leonardo da Vinci. From Marianne to Cervantes. The euro: an entry door into the history and culture of each country. It is more than a coin. Here's a breakdown of the unique designs on every coin, by country: www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

y dió lugar al mejor piropo del mundo mundial 😄

Can we imagine any European politician going to Draghi with a hard hat and producing a fake document on some building renovation works? No.

26 July 2012 | Mario Draghi delivers his "Whatever it takes" speech. "The ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough.” #EUHistory 🇪🇺 #WhateverItTakes

23 July 1952 | the Treaty of Paris entered into force, ratifying the Schuman Plan. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) became a reality. An act of political courage that reshaped a war-torn continent. 10 curiosities about It here www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop... #EUHistory #Onthisday

20 July 1999 | The European Parliament elects Nicole Fontaine as President. 2nd woman in history to hold that position. "I hope we don't have to wait another 20 years to see EP elects another woman President" She led EP until 2002. 20 years later, EP elected Roberta Metsola #EUHistory 🧵🇪🇺

Deeply disappointed by the current commission for lack of cows and footballs.

The first MFF (EU's long-term budget) as presented in 1988 -in billion ECU- and some curiosities about its history. From budgetary wars to Delors and Thatcher ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

The first MFF (EU's long-term budget) as presented in 1988 -in billion ECU- and some curiosities about its history. From budgetary wars to Delors and Thatcher ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...