The president of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, considered this Tuesday, when Europe Day is commemorated, that the European Union is made of the efforts of Europeans to avoid a new war on the old continent.
“We always remember what is essential: that the European Union is made up of the efforts of Europeans to avoid a new war in Europe,” Santos Silva said in a video message posted on the social network Twitter, recalling that today, in Eastern Europe, ” Ukraine is the victim of a war of aggression.”
In the message, Augusto Santos Silva recalled the importance of the Schuman Declaration, which started the process of European construction that led to the European Union, and underlined the common values of the EU.
“European peace is based on adherence to common values: the democratic rule of law, human rights. And it is on these common values that we build a development process, a political union, a peace process on the European continent”, he pointed out. aggregate.
The RA President also said that these common values representing the European Union are commemorated every May 9 (Europe Day).
Europe Day marks the anniversary of the historic Schuman Declaration, delivered in Paris in 1950 by the then French Foreign Minister (Robert Schuman), outlining his vision for a new form of political cooperation in Europe.
This vision included the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), with a view to a common market for coal and steel between the founding countries (France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg). , with This community was established with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on April 18, 1951.
Source: TSF
