The importance of commemorating the milestones in European unity
History , memory and passing down the story of Europe
Debora Righetti
Lecturer , Jean Monnet House , European Parliament
‘ The sovereign nations of the past can no longer solve the problems of the present . And the [ European ] Community itself is only a stage on the way to the organised world of tomorrow .’
Jean Monnet , Memoirs , 1976
‘ To commemorate ’ means to remember together ( from Latin cŭm and memorāre ).
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