Action Committee for the United States of Europe

Apartment building at 3, avenue Foch in Paris, where the Action Committee had its permanent offices on the third floor[1]

The Action Committee for the United States of Europe (French: Comité d'action pour les États-Unis d'Europe), colloquially referred to as the Monnet Committee,[2] was a collective initiative spearheaded by Jean Monnet from 1955 to 1975 that aimed at accelerating European integration through informal dialogue among key political and trade unions leaders. It was a civil society endeavor that lied outside of any formal policymaking process, but involved the direct participation of organizations that collectively wielded overwhelming decision-making power within its geographical scope, namely the participating countries of the European Coal and Steel Community and from 1958 of the European Communities.[3]

  1. ^ Étienne Deschamps, "Interview de Françoise Schonfeld (L'Étang-la-Ville, 11 avril 2003)" (PDF), cvce.eu
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Melchionni was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Pascal Fontaine (1974). Le Comité d'action pour les Etats-Unis d'Europe de Jean Monnet. Lausanne: Centre de recherches européennes.