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At the end of the Second World War politicians including Alcide De Gasperi, Jean Monnet, Paul Henri Spaak, Robert Schumann, Konrad Adenauer fought a tough battle for European unity. The end of customs control, large international bodies are created, the Saar and Ruhr coalfields are no longer the monopoly of one state, and the Rhine becomes a “European” river. Economic unity shall lead to political unity.