Santos Silva refers that it is the joint effort of the Europeans that allows there not to be a new war, taking advantage to reinforce the importance of the Schuman Declaration, as well as the principles of the EU.
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 the essential: that the European Union is formed by the effort of Europeans to avoid a new war in Europe”Santos Silva said in a video message released on twitter social networkremembering that today [terça-feira]in Eastern Europe, “Ukraine is the victim of a war of aggression.”
Today, May 9, we celebrate Europe Day. The affirmation of the European values of peace and unity is even more important at a time when the European continent is once again facing war #EuropeDay #EuropeDay pic.twitter.com/ntbcIU21nh
— Augusto Santos Silva (@ASantosSilvaPAR) May 9, 2023
In the message, Augusto Santos Silva reminded the importance of the Schuman Declarationwhich 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 process of development, of political union, of peace on the European continent”, he added.
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 Declarationpronounced in Paris, in 1950, by the then Minister of Foreign Affairs of France (Robert Schuman), exposing his vision of a new form of political cooperation in Europe.
This vision went through 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, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), and this community was established with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on April 18, 1951.
Source: Observadora
