Jean Drapier
| Jean Drapier (Lawyer) | |
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| Nationality | Belgian |
Principal Private Secretary to Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, went to 3 of the first 4 Bilderbergs | |
Jean Drapier was Principal Private Secretary to Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and one of the early leaders of the European Movemement.[1][2] He went to 3 of the first 4 Bilderbergs.
Activities
Drapier, a Counselor at the Court of Appeal, was on a list of people requested by the exile government in London. He arrived in the UK from occupied Belgium in July 1944, through France and Spain.[3]
He became Principal Private Secretary to Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak.
He participated in the Congress of Europe in The Hague on 8 May 1948, where he keen on excluding the Eastern European countries from a federal Europe because they were not genuine democracies[4]
Jean Drapier, now secretary-general of the European Movement, went on trips to the United States as part of the US covert support for these groups.[5]
He was an administrator of the College of Europe.[6][7]
References
- ↑ https://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/address_given_by_jean_drapier_at_the_congress_of_europe_the_hague_8_may_1948-en-4c99b419-7642-408d-953c-c2c1918bc40a.html
- ↑ https://www.belgavox.net/2022/03/09/1948-jean-drapier-pour-une-europe-unie/
- ↑ https://www.weggum.com/Georges_A._Marcq.html
- ↑ https://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/address_given_by_jean_drapier_at_the_congress_of_europe_the_hague_8_may_1948-en-4c99b419-7642-408d-953c-c2c1918bc40a.html
- ↑ https://www.journalbelgianhistory.be/en/system/files/article_pdf/Gerits_Frank_2012_4.pdf
- ↑ https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/28793370/Building_Europe_Through_Education_Building_Education_Through_Europe_24_10_22_11_46_01.pdf
- ↑ https://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/207/665