European integration should not be rigid but as flexible as we can possibly make it. It should not be a straitjacket for the peoples of Europe but sh… - Konrad Adenauer

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European integration should not be rigid but as flexible as we can possibly make it. It should not be a straitjacket for the peoples of Europe but should be their common mainstay, a common support for the healthy, individual development of each of them.

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About Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. Although his political career spanned 60 years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as Chancellor of West Germany from 1949-1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966. He was the oldest person to be chancellor after the Second World War.

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Alternative Names: Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer Conrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
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