Comments on: First Links — 10.23.12 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/23/first-links-10-23-12/ A First Things Blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael PS http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/23/first-links-10-23-12/comment-page-1/#comment-77528 Michael PS Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:47:58 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=49627#comment-77528 Re The EU Flag’s Marian Symbolism

It is a curious fact that the three principle architects of the EU were all Catholics. Something else they shared in common was thatt hey were all from marginal German-speaking areas: West German Chancellor Adenauer (Rhineland), French Prime Minister Robert Schumann (born in Luxembourg of parents from Lorraine) and Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (Trentino Alto Adige).
De Gasperi actually sat in the Vienna parliament pre-1914

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