The Robert Schuman Foundation is a

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affiliated with the

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in the

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, and named in honour of statesman

Robert Schuman Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (; 29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born France, French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democrat, Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. ...

. Its president is

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. It is affiliated to the Centre for European Studies, the official foundation/think tank of the

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. The foundation was established in 1989 in

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by Christian Democratic

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, Horst Langes, Andrea Bonetti, Conçeptio Ferrer, Johanna Maij-Weggen, Nicolas Estgen, and Françisco Lucas Pires. Its purpose was to support

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, and

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.Robert Schuman Foundation – History
/ref> It should not be confused with the French Robert Schuman Foundation (established in 1991), or the

Robert Schuman Institute The Union of the Robert Schuman Institute for Developing Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe (short: Robert Schuman Institute, RSI) is the European level training institution of the European People's Party political family, based in Budape ...

based in Budapest, Hungary.

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External links

Official site
European People's Party Organizations established in 1989