de Gaulle, Charles (1890 - 1970)
De Gaulle, Charles (1890 - 1970)
French President who enforced the Luxembourg compromise. De Gaulle described the EU Commission as "bureaucrats without a fatherland".
De Gaulle wanted a system where governments cooperated whilst remaining separate, a "Europe of Nations" or “Europe of Fatherlands”, not for nations to merge in a supra-national integration. He was a champion of national sovereignty and democracy at the national level. He was the leader of French resistance to Nazism and fascism during World War 2.
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http://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/sommaire.php3?id_mot=4
