So he and Giscard created the European Council (composed of the heads of Europe’s governments), which is now a major player in the European Union’s institutional set-up. They pushed forward the idea of monetary integration, which came to fruition a generation later.
因此，欧洲一体化必须通过切实的政策和制度，而不能通过法令实现。因此，他和吉斯卡尔创建的欧洲理事会（由欧洲政府首脑组成）现在已经成了欧盟机构设置的主要参与者。他们推进的货币一体化构想在下一代人身上开花结果。他们具体表达了对统一、和平欧洲的法德承诺，这种承诺只有在统一目标指导下行事才能影响全球。