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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · 14d

Let people actually see the EU being built. Show, not just say. 60 years ago, a small team in Brussels set up a radio and TV studio. And that was their mission.

This video is from the launch.

The European Commission has studios available since 1965 - more www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

PS: I LOVE propaganda posters back in those days

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

Bonus track, cartoons about the European Defence Community back in those days.

And yes, sometimes the EU advances by changing route, not destination.

More about the European Defence Community in this piece I wrote on @ecmemes.bsky.social site www.dg-meme.eu/meme/2023/05...

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

Jean Monnet resigned, with this letter, from the High Authority (predecesor of the European Commission) and looked ahead.

In his farewell speech he left a line for the ages: "What we started will continue: the United States of Europe"

The dream didn't die, it changed path

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

The aftermath reset the board: West Germany entered NATO in 1955; Western European Union became a weaker substitute; integration shifted back to economics and later, foreign policy coordination.

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

Historians highlights many reasons for the rejection: concerns about a conflict faded with death of Stalin, fears of loosing national sovereignty, West Germany's remilitarization, French Communists opposed a plan tying France to the capitalist US, the absence of UK...

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

Then, 30 August 1954 arrived.

After days of heated debate, the Assembly voted 319–264 to shelve ratification.

The European Defence Community (first real attempt at a European Army) was over.

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

By 1952 the Treaty was signed in Paris by the Six: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

One by one, parliaments moved… until France hesitated.

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

René Pleven took it to the French National Assembly.

A European Army with a common budget, shared procurement & institutions.

"Confident as it is that Europe’s destiny lies in peace, French Government proposes (…) the creation, for the purpose of common defence, of a 🇪🇺 army"

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

🪖 In the summer of 1950, riding the momentum of the Schuman Plan, Jean Monnet argues for organising Europe’s defence on a supranational basis.

He put on the table the benefits of a common Army, following USA petition to the allies to plan for the re-armament of West Germany.

#intellectualproperty #eucommunication | Pablo Pérez Armenteros | 11 comments

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 30

30 August 1954 | The French National Assembly rejects the European Defence Community Treaty.

The dream of a European Army with a common budget, centralized military procurement and institutions was over.

Here, a brief story about it

#EUHistory🧵🇪🇺

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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 28

No budget, no ChatGPT, no agency, no dialogue...just storytelling, humour & the staff as the cast.

When AI is dominating and making EU Communication boring again, the 'Intelectual Property in Sports' campaign by EUIPO showed us that being human still pays off

www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

No budget, no ChatGPT nor AI, no agency, no dialogue...just storytelling, humour and colleagues as the cast. When AI is dominating and making EU Communication boring again, the 'Intelectual Property...

Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 25

Full speech youtu.be/YMMEtxEMIN0?...

And transcript in English here www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...

YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv

youtu.be

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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 25

"The European Union is above all a mechanism to achieve the goals shared by its citizens. It is our best chance for a future of peace, security, and independence.

It is a democracy and it is us, you, its citizens, the Europeans, who decide its priorities"

Mario Draghi,
August 2025

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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 25

"It's natural that you should hope for Europe’s renewal.

We must recover unity of action. Not when circumstances have become unsustainable, but now, when we still have power to shape our future

We can change the trajectory of our continent.Turn your skepticism into action, make your voices heard"

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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 25

"You have grown up in a Europe where nation states have lost relative importance. You have grown up as Europeans in a world where it's natural to travel, work, and study in other countries.

Many of you recognize that EU enables small countries to achieve together goals they could never reach alone"

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Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 12

Video footage by EC AV Library.

To apply: traineeships.ec.europa.eu/index_en

EC Blue Book Traineeship programme

Twice a year, the European Commission offers 5-month paid traineeships.

traineeships.ec.europa.eu

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 12

More here www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

"You are not in Hollywood here, you are in the HQ of the Commission of the European Communities" | Pablo Pérez Armenteros

"You are not in Hollywood here, you are in the HQ of the Commission of the European Communities" Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991...

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 12

👑 Alumni include royalty and leaders. From King Felipe VI of Spain, King Mohammed VI of Morocco or Prince Hassan of Jordan to Mario Monti, Dacian Cioloș, Viviane Reding, Christine Ockrent, Odile Quintin, and others...(none of them in the video)

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 12

📊 There are 2 sessions and it selects around 600 trainees per session from thousands of applicants.

🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸 Italy, France, and Spain are the EU countries with the highest number of candidates in the past five years.

And women outnumbered male in nearly every intake.

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 12

📘 It’s called “Blue Book” because the list of pre-selected candidates was literally printed and bound in a blue-covered booklet.

👥 The programme began 65 years ago, in 1960, with just 3 trainees in the inaugural session.

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 12

"You are not in Hollywood here, you are in the HQ of the Commission of the European Communities"

Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991) ever done.

The 🇪🇺 traineeship programme turns 65, so here a small 🧵

This image is from 1952. | Pablo Pérez Armenteros

Reposted by Pablo Perez

Pablo Perez @pablopereza.bsky.social · Aug 11

This image is from 1952. When 🇪🇺 Unity was not just an ideal, but a need.

And still It. It illustrated the first speech of Jean Monnet as President of the High Authority (predecesor of the European Commission).

www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...

This image is from 1952. When EU unity was not just an ideal, it was a necessity. And still is. The image illustrated Jean Monnet first speech as President of the High Authority (the predecesor of th...