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La méthode de Monnet considéré comme un des pères fondateurs de l’Europe n’est pas née d’une théorie. Elle s’est construite dans la pratique du ravitaillement en temps de guerre, la gestion des dettes d’Etat, l’organisation du financement du développement de la Chine, le développement d’une industrie de l’aviation militaire, et les échecs de la France et de la Grande Bretagne à se préparer à la guerre de 1940. EN 1940, à 52 ans, Jean Monnet ne parlait pas encore directement de construction européenne.
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