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𝗕𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬: ‘𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗔 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡’ - 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗟
Today, 9 May, is Europe Day when every year the European Union celebrates "peace and unity in Europe".
It was also on this day in 1948 - 76 years ago - that Winston Churchill addressed a rapturous gathering of 40,000 people for a European rally held in Dam Square, Amsterdam, in which he gave a remarkable pro-European speech.
Be in no doubt: Churchill was a passionate European, and a committed proponent of a ‘United Europe’ as the antidote to war and hate on our continent.
In his Amsterdam speech, extracted in the video, Churchill said:
𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀.
… A Europe in which men will be proud to say:
‘𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗔 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡’
We hope to see a Europe where men of every country will think as much of being a European as of belonging to their native land…
We hope wherever they go in the European continent, they will truly feel:
'𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘. 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗔 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗢.'
Let us meet together.
Let us work together.
Let us do our utmost - all that is in us - for the good of all.
▪ As Churchill left in his open-top car a choir sang a new song called, 'One Europe'.
▪ Link to Churchill’s full speech in Amsterdam on 9 May 1948:www.cvce.eu/content/publication/2008/4/21/19c46889-2c6d-4dba-9371-dc965cd79a6a/publishable_en.pdf
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