Istoricul şi diplomatul francez Jean-Marie Le Breton Despre geografia şi spiritualitatea Europei [Articol]

Abstract

Born in 1927 in Paris, Jean-Marie Le Breton is known both for his fruitful diplomatic career and for his valuable works on international relations and the history of European culture and civilisation, widely appreciated in scientific circles, fully exploited in the historical essay "The Greatness and Destiny of Old Europe: 1492-2004", published also in Romanian translation. Based on the importance and topicality of the opinions formulated by the distinguished French historian and diplomat, this article contains a brief account of the history of the European Union, which appears to the author as a corollary of the continent's centuries-old endeavours to establish and consolidate a leading role on the contemporary international stage.