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The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State.

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Jean Monnet
Age: 90 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 9
Died: 1979
Died: March 16
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Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet
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