Jean Monnet's lesson: renewing European integration in the age of predators (legrandcontinent.eu)

• Giuliano da Empoli delivered a speech at the Panthéon on 1 July 2026 about Jean Monnet.
• He calls for reviving Monnet's method: vision, leverage, execution.
• Digital sovereignty and AI are identified as the new coal and steel for EU integration.
• The speech advocates a 'pragmatic federalism' and the United States of Europe.

"In a speech at the Panthéon on 1 July 2026, Giuliano da Empoli calls for reviving Jean Monnet's method: clear vision, technical leverage, and determined execution. Facing the rise of populist and authoritarian leaders who break rules, Europe must form a 'collective Jean Monnet'. The key lies in digital sovereignty and a new European art of living. The speech weaves Monnet's biography—from his childhood in Cognac to his role in WWII—with a call for a 'pragmatic federalism' aiming at the United States of Europe."