Coudenhove-Kalergi viewed Europe as a fragile peninsula caught between two rising titans: the "Red" Soviet Union to the east and the "Golden" United States to the west. He argued that unless Europe integrated, it would remain a "battlefield of the world," doomed to economic irrelevance and perpetual tribal warfare. His Pan-European Union proposed:
Eliminating internal tariffs to compete with the American economy. Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi's Pan-Europa as ...
If you look at the European Union today, Coudenhove-Kalergi’s fingerprints are everywhere. He was the first to propose as the European anthem. Even the concept of a shared flag and a unified passport originated in the salons of the Pan-Europa movement. The Legacy Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi's Pan-Europa as ...