impossible to bring the United States back into an important role in European affairs .
She therefore supported Aristide Briand ’ s proposal to establish a European federation in his speech before the League of Nations 7 in September 1929 . L ’ Europe Nouvelle served as a testing ground for this revolutionary proposal and , as early as July 1929 , it published an article entitled ‘ Towards a European Federation ’ and , after September 1929 , it became the most effective sounding board for Briand ’ s plan . There was a clear link between the topics that were being supported in the political and economic fields and their purpose : ‘ The clear-sighted and profound mind of Aristide Briand does not make him a visionary spirit ; he is a realistic spirit ... he does not know , and nor do any of us know , what form an organised Europe will take and what destiny will await it . He only knows that Europe must be collective , that it is necessary , that it is called for and that it is immediately reflected in the unanimous support of the other countries of Europe ... what must be understood is that it is a matter of European peace , much more so than of the United States of Europe ’ 8 . While the expectations of both were quickly dispelled , support for the League of Nations continued , but it too began to give way to disillusionment . Her final editorial ( 3 February 1934 ), when her struggle was inextricably linked to the aims of her journal , revealed an insightful European who perceived the dangers of the Nazis ’ exploitation of pacifist topics from 1934 onwards . In 1936 , for the same reasons , she suspended the activities of the Nouvelle École de la Paix ( New Peace School , NEP ), which she had established in 1931 to disseminate her ideals . Throughout the years , she had been driven by an unwavering commitment with three dimensions : the goal of bringing international cooperation
7 . C . Rousseau , ‘ Louise Weiss , l ’ Europe et la paix ’, in Louise Weiss , l ’ Européenne , Centre de recherche de Lausanne , 1994 , pp . 206-250 .
8 . L ’ Europe Nouvelle , 14 September 1929 .
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