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Reexamining the concepts and philosophy of Robert Schuman for the EU future

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Comments by AIIS Executive Director Albert Rakipi for the DW on the occasion of the publication of Robert Schuman’s book in Albanian.   What puts today at risk the political European project as envisaged by Robert Schuman?   The European Union started out as a project for security and then developed into a peace and development project which has given Europe the longest peace times in the entire modern history of the continent. Furthermore this has influenced positively on peace, freedom and development on a global scale. The achievements of the project established by Schuman and other founding figures are…

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