The architects of European integration - Monnet, Schuman, Adenauer, De Gasperi, and others - understood that these ideals could be achieved only by combining and interweaving the practical interests of Europe's countries. They built their fragile house of peace on a foundation of coal and steel.
欧洲统一的建筑师们-莫内、舒曼、阿登纳、德加斯佩利及其他人-深知只有将欧洲各国的实际利益紧密结合才能实现这些理想。他们将脆弱的和平之屋建造在煤炭和钢铁之上。