Process Foretold 45 Years Ago in This Magazine THE ROCKY ROAD TOWARD EUROPEAN UNITY - Gene H Hogberg - February 1979

Gene H Hogberg

Since its inception in 1934, The Plain Truth has consistently warned that an end-time union of ten nations in Europe - a "United States of Europe" - would rise within the bounds of the old Roman Empire. Now Europe's most powerful leaders are appealing to the past as a guide for the future. In Europe, big events often occur with the New Year. Twenty-one years ago, on January 1, 1958, the European Economic Community was officially launched, tying together the fortunes of continental Europe's most important and economically advanced powers West Germany, France, Italy and the Benelux nations. On another New Year's Day, this time in 1973, the Community was enlarged to nine member states with the addition of Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library