Zürich +70: Churchill on Europe
Zürich, 19 September 1946
Scarcely more than a year since fighting had ended in Europe, Churchill spoke at Zürich University. There he stunned his audience with words that perhaps only he was able to say at that time:
I am now going to say something that will astonish you. The first step in the re-creation of the European family must be a partnership between France and Germany. In this way only can France recover the moral leadership of Europe. There can be no revival of Europe without a spiritually great France and a spiritually great Germany. Zürich, 19 September 2016 Seventy years to the day after Churchill’s Zürich speech, Zürich University sponsored a distinguished seminar.…
