Penn's Plan for a United Europe

Long before today’s project for a European political and economic union, William Penn, the English founder of Pennsylvania, offered a utopian vision of a Europe beyond the nation state, as Peter Schröder explains. 

Federal father: William Penn  portrayed by Francis Place, early 18th century.

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