Napoleon
'I wished to found a European system, a European Code of Laws, a European judiciary: there would be but one people in Europe,'
Napoleon himself has many critics some call him a wicked dictator and others just remember him for the battle of Waterloo, against the British Admiral Nelson. Nevertheless, Napoleon was a very clever man and was the first to come up with the idea of a united Europe, an idea that we …
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…bad idea. We have been trying to create a united Europe since the end of the Second World War. The People and governments of Europe have finally realised that countries needed to be at peace with each other. They also need to foster strong links with each other to benefit them all.
References
Will & Ariel Durant, The Story of Civilisation: The Age of Napoleon.
Philip J Haythornthwaite, The Napoleonic Sourcebook
Felix Markham, Napoleon.
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