· Koudenhove-Kalergi
      1894-1972
      German-Japanese politician, philosopher
      1920s’ Pan-Europe manifesto and movement

· Aristide Briand
      1862-1932
      French Prime Minister, Peace Nobel Prize
      Socialist
      European federal union idea launched at a 1929 speech

· Winston Churchill
      1874-1965
      British Prime Minister
      Conservative
      His 1946 Zurich speech coined the new ‘United States of Europe’ term
      His 1946 Fulton speech launched the ‘iron curtain’ concept
      In favour of UK’s independence from ECSC (CECA)

· Jean Monnet
      1888-1979
      French statesman, President of the High Authority
      Author of the Monnet Plan (1945) and the Schuman Plan (1950)
      First President of the ECSC (CECA)’s High Authority in 1952