PANEUROPA FOUNDATION
Background
► A Dream is Born
► Keeping the Dream Alive
► A Utopian Future
Game Related
► The Reality
► A Dream is Born
► Keeping the Dream Alive
► A Utopian Future
Game Related
► The Reality
A DREAM IS BORN
The Paneuropean Union, Europe's oldest Unification movement, began as the dream of Count Richard Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi who, in the aftermath of the First World War, gave birth to his dream in 1922. In 1923 he wrote Paneuropa, complete with a membership form, inviting readers to become a member of the Paneuropa movement. A non-partisan organization throughout all of Europe, with the dream of one day uniting all of Europes people under one political and economic system.
Among it’s interwar members were reknowned physicist Albert Einstein; Aristide Briand, French Prime Minister and Honorary President of the Paneuropan Union; the esteemed neurologist and psychologist Sigmund Freud; writers Thomass Mann and Franz Werfel; then Mayor of Cologne and future Austrian Chancellor Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer; Bruno Kreisky, who was a Board member of the international Paneuropean Union in Vienna.
After the Second World War, prominent members included Bavarian Minister Presidents Alfons Goppel and Franz Josef Strauss; French President Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou; French Prime Minister Raymond Octave Joseph Barre; and Spanish philosopher Salvador de Madariaga.
With the Rise of Hitler and the Nazi’s in Germany, there arose opposition to the Paneuropa Union, which was banned in 1933. Count Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi was forced to emigrate to the United States during the war years, where he was tracked by the National Socialists.
The end of the war revived the Paneuropean dream. With support from numerous Western leaders, including Winston Churchill, the Paneuropean Union worked behind the scenes to improve the lives of Europes war weary people. Though banned in Communist Eastern Europe, the Union actively developed Civil Rights movements within the Soviet sphere of control, somewhat easing the burdens impossed by the totalitarian regimes of the era. In Western Europe, the dream grew throughout the later half of the Twentieth Century, culminating in the establishment of the European Union on 1 November 1993, when the Maastricht Treaty came into force. In 2002, the Euro initially replaced the national currencies of 12 member states, while on 1 December 2009, the Lisbon Treaty created the permanent President of the European Council. In 2019, Norway becomes the last country to join the European Union, with Russia making it clear that they would not join.
Among it’s interwar members were reknowned physicist Albert Einstein; Aristide Briand, French Prime Minister and Honorary President of the Paneuropan Union; the esteemed neurologist and psychologist Sigmund Freud; writers Thomass Mann and Franz Werfel; then Mayor of Cologne and future Austrian Chancellor Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer; Bruno Kreisky, who was a Board member of the international Paneuropean Union in Vienna.
After the Second World War, prominent members included Bavarian Minister Presidents Alfons Goppel and Franz Josef Strauss; French President Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou; French Prime Minister Raymond Octave Joseph Barre; and Spanish philosopher Salvador de Madariaga.
With the Rise of Hitler and the Nazi’s in Germany, there arose opposition to the Paneuropa Union, which was banned in 1933. Count Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi was forced to emigrate to the United States during the war years, where he was tracked by the National Socialists.
The end of the war revived the Paneuropean dream. With support from numerous Western leaders, including Winston Churchill, the Paneuropean Union worked behind the scenes to improve the lives of Europes war weary people. Though banned in Communist Eastern Europe, the Union actively developed Civil Rights movements within the Soviet sphere of control, somewhat easing the burdens impossed by the totalitarian regimes of the era. In Western Europe, the dream grew throughout the later half of the Twentieth Century, culminating in the establishment of the European Union on 1 November 1993, when the Maastricht Treaty came into force. In 2002, the Euro initially replaced the national currencies of 12 member states, while on 1 December 2009, the Lisbon Treaty created the permanent President of the European Council. In 2019, Norway becomes the last country to join the European Union, with Russia making it clear that they would not join.
KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE
In 2020 the Paneuropean Union changed it’s name to the Paneuropean Foundation. It’s goal to watch over the union that binds the European People, for the greater good of all.
The first challenge to the Foundation, and Europe, was the terrorist attack on 25 Dec 2021, 12/25. The unleashing of Nuclear Terror onto peaceful cities struck at the very heart of the still young European Union. While individual nations within the EU had assisted the United States in fighting terrorism outside of Europe, the European Union as a whole had not committed European forces. That changed with the Nuclear Terror unleashed on Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome and Vatican City. The EU committed it’s military forces and inacted emergency measures to call up Military Forces from it’s member nations. For the first time since the end of World War II, 76 years before, the whole of Europe went to war, but this time Europe was united against a common threat.
As the War escalated to become a true global war, a Third World War, Europe at first deployed it’s military forces into hot spots. Soon, in order to counteract support from third party nations, they deployed forces into strategic areas, and at times European Military Forces were the only governming force available in failed nation states like Somalia and Yemen. European and American forces coordinated their operations under an Integrated Allied Command Structure, providing for enhanced flow of information from and to the battlefront, realtime intelligence gathering, as well as the focusing of resources for synergistic combat operations. By 2025, the majority of operations worldwide had dwindled to a near standstill, and though a handful of operations would continue over the next decade, the History Books would mark 25 December 2025 as the official end to World War III.
Over the next six decades, the Foundation has worked closely with the European Union to better the lives of the European people. By providing quality education, the best libraries, and access to information databases the European Citizen has become the most educated on Earth. Fully 88% of all European Citizens hold a two-year degree, while 59% hold a four-year or higher degree.
The first challenge to the Foundation, and Europe, was the terrorist attack on 25 Dec 2021, 12/25. The unleashing of Nuclear Terror onto peaceful cities struck at the very heart of the still young European Union. While individual nations within the EU had assisted the United States in fighting terrorism outside of Europe, the European Union as a whole had not committed European forces. That changed with the Nuclear Terror unleashed on Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome and Vatican City. The EU committed it’s military forces and inacted emergency measures to call up Military Forces from it’s member nations. For the first time since the end of World War II, 76 years before, the whole of Europe went to war, but this time Europe was united against a common threat.
As the War escalated to become a true global war, a Third World War, Europe at first deployed it’s military forces into hot spots. Soon, in order to counteract support from third party nations, they deployed forces into strategic areas, and at times European Military Forces were the only governming force available in failed nation states like Somalia and Yemen. European and American forces coordinated their operations under an Integrated Allied Command Structure, providing for enhanced flow of information from and to the battlefront, realtime intelligence gathering, as well as the focusing of resources for synergistic combat operations. By 2025, the majority of operations worldwide had dwindled to a near standstill, and though a handful of operations would continue over the next decade, the History Books would mark 25 December 2025 as the official end to World War III.
Over the next six decades, the Foundation has worked closely with the European Union to better the lives of the European people. By providing quality education, the best libraries, and access to information databases the European Citizen has become the most educated on Earth. Fully 88% of all European Citizens hold a two-year degree, while 59% hold a four-year or higher degree.
A UTOPIAN FUTURE
The dream of a Unified Europe, a Paneuropa, has been realized. Yet, that dream is a fragile one if left untended. The Foundation understands the dreams of the European Citizen: Freedom, Justice and Peace. The dream of a Unified Europe. Of Paneuropa.
The Reality
In the "Real World", there is a group called the Paneuropean Union.
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