But peace was the principal driving force in the minds of people like Schumann and Jean Monnet at the beginning of the European integration process, as it was for Helmut Schmidt and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing when they laid the foundations of the single currency and today’s European Central Bank. For half a century, the process of European integration proceeded – sometimes with setbacks, sometimes with giant steps forward – joining formerly separate markets by creating very close trade relations.
但是正如赫尔穆特·施密特（Helmut Schmidt）和德斯坦（Valérie Giscard d’Estaing）为单一货币和今天的欧洲中央银行打下基础时候一样，在欧洲一体化进程刚开始的时候，和平是舒曼（Schumann）和让·莫奈（Jean Monnet）这些人心中的主要动力。半个世纪以来，欧洲一体化进程一直在进行之中——有时候有挫折，有时候又向前一大步——通过建立非常密切的贸易关系把以前四分五裂的市场联合起来。