Word: monnet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, Maastricht marked a major milestone in the European Community's quest for greater integration. Although the word federal does not appear in the treaty -- once again, at British insistence -- the text does call for "an ever closer union." Three decades ago, Jean Monnet, the E.C.'s founding father, championed the notion that tighter economic ties would produce closer political cooperation. In Maastricht that dream was endorsed with renewed enthusiasm by the leaders of the new Europe...