Belgian politician (1899-1972)
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They called him "Mr. Europe" — the Belgian socialist who chaired the first UN General Assembly in 1945, then spent the next decade laying track for what became the European Union. Spaak wrote the treaty that created the Common Market and ran NATO, all while holding Belgium's foreign ministry for 18 years.
Paul-Henri Spaak came from an influential Belgian family, served briefly in World War I before capture, and built his name after the war as a tennis player and lawyer — gaining fame in 1929 for defending an Italian student accused of trying to assassinate Italy's crown prince. He entered politics as a socialist in 1932, became prime minister in 1938, and spent World War II as foreign minister in exile in London, where he negotiated the Benelux Customs Union. After the war he served two more brief stints as premier but made his real mark abroad: first president of the Council of Europe's assemb…
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The real father of the Atlantic Alliance was Stalin. It is he who has the right to a monument in each of our countries.
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