In the turbulent period following the First World War, the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union, offering a vision of peaceful, democratic unity for Europe with no borders, a common currency and a single passport.
His political congresses in Vienna, Berlin, and Basel attracted thousands from the intelligentsia and the cultural elite, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann and Sigmund Freud, who wanted a United States of Europe brought together by consent. The Count’s commitment to this ideal infuriated Adolf Hitler who referred to him as a ‘cosmopolitan bastard’ in Mein Kampf.
by Chatam House
The Austrian-Japanese politician wrote, in 1925, in "Praktischer Idealismus" ("Practical Idealism"): "The man of the future will be of mixed race. Today's races and classes will gradually disappear owing to the vanishing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals."
The European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi has awarded Chancellor Angela Merkel the European Prize 2010. The prize is awarded every two years for exceptional contributions to the European unification process.
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