Pablo Perez
@pablopereza.bsky.social
Team Leader - Audiovisual, Graphic Design and Web of the EUIPO.
In Spain, working for the EU.
Lot of EU History here. Probably, some EU Memes. And, for sure, some of the audiovisual work we do at the EUIPO.
In Spain, working for the EU.
Lot of EU History here. Probably, some EU Memes. And, for sure, some of the audiovisual work we do at the EUIPO.
"Qui aurait pu penser, il y a encore deux ans, que les douze pays membres se mettraient d’accord sur deux
perspectives aussi ambitieuses que celles que représentent l’Union économique et monétaire d’une part, et l’Union politique d’autre part?"
Jacques Delors 🇪🇺
#EUhistory
perspectives aussi ambitieuses que celles que représentent l’Union économique et monétaire d’une part, et l’Union politique d’autre part?"
Jacques Delors 🇪🇺
#EUhistory
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Qui aurait pu penser, il y a encore deux ans, que les douze pays membres se mettraient d’accord sur deux
perspectives aussi ambitieuses que celles que représentent l’Union économique et monétaire d’une part, et l’Union politique d’autre part?"
Jacques Delors 🇪🇺
#EUhistory
perspectives aussi ambitieuses que celles que représentent l’Union économique et monétaire d’une part, et l’Union politique d’autre part?"
Jacques Delors 🇪🇺
#EUhistory
1 November 1993 | the Maastricht Treaty enters into force 🇪🇺
It established the EU, the cooperation on foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs, the economic and monetary union, paved the way for the euro, 'created' the EU citizenship...
#EUHistory #OnThisDay
It established the EU, the cooperation on foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs, the economic and monetary union, paved the way for the euro, 'created' the EU citizenship...
#EUHistory #OnThisDay
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
1 November 1993 | the Maastricht Treaty enters into force 🇪🇺
It established the EU, the cooperation on foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs, the economic and monetary union, paved the way for the euro, 'created' the EU citizenship...
#EUHistory #OnThisDay
It established the EU, the cooperation on foreign and security policy and on justice and home affairs, the economic and monetary union, paved the way for the euro, 'created' the EU citizenship...
#EUHistory #OnThisDay
Let people actually see the EU being built. Show, not just say. 60 years ago, a small team in Brussels set up a radio and TV studio. And that was their mission.
This video is from the launch.
The European Commission has studios available since 1965 - more www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
This video is from the launch.
The European Commission has studios available since 1965 - more www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Let people actually see the EU being built. Show, not just say. 60 years ago, a small team in Brussels set up a radio and TV studio. And that was their mission.
This video is from the launch.
The European Commission has studios available since 1965 - more www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
This video is from the launch.
The European Commission has studios available since 1965 - more www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
PS: I LOVE propaganda posters back in those days
August 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
PS: I LOVE propaganda posters back in those days
Bonus track, cartoons about the European Defence Community back in those days.
And yes, sometimes the EU advances by changing route, not destination.
More about the European Defence Community in this piece I wrote on @ecmemes.bsky.social site www.dg-meme.eu/meme/2023/05...
And yes, sometimes the EU advances by changing route, not destination.
More about the European Defence Community in this piece I wrote on @ecmemes.bsky.social site www.dg-meme.eu/meme/2023/05...
August 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Bonus track, cartoons about the European Defence Community back in those days.
And yes, sometimes the EU advances by changing route, not destination.
More about the European Defence Community in this piece I wrote on @ecmemes.bsky.social site www.dg-meme.eu/meme/2023/05...
And yes, sometimes the EU advances by changing route, not destination.
More about the European Defence Community in this piece I wrote on @ecmemes.bsky.social site www.dg-meme.eu/meme/2023/05...
Jean Monnet resigned, with this letter, from the High Authority (predecesor of the European Commission) and looked ahead.
In his farewell speech he left a line for the ages: "What we started will continue: the United States of Europe"
The dream didn't die, it changed path
In his farewell speech he left a line for the ages: "What we started will continue: the United States of Europe"
The dream didn't die, it changed path
August 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Jean Monnet resigned, with this letter, from the High Authority (predecesor of the European Commission) and looked ahead.
In his farewell speech he left a line for the ages: "What we started will continue: the United States of Europe"
The dream didn't die, it changed path
In his farewell speech he left a line for the ages: "What we started will continue: the United States of Europe"
The dream didn't die, it changed path
The aftermath reset the board: West Germany entered NATO in 1955; Western European Union became a weaker substitute; integration shifted back to economics and later, foreign policy coordination.
August 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The aftermath reset the board: West Germany entered NATO in 1955; Western European Union became a weaker substitute; integration shifted back to economics and later, foreign policy coordination.
Then, 30 August 1954 arrived.
After days of heated debate, the Assembly voted 319–264 to shelve ratification.
The European Defence Community (first real attempt at a European Army) was over.
After days of heated debate, the Assembly voted 319–264 to shelve ratification.
The European Defence Community (first real attempt at a European Army) was over.
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Then, 30 August 1954 arrived.
After days of heated debate, the Assembly voted 319–264 to shelve ratification.
The European Defence Community (first real attempt at a European Army) was over.
After days of heated debate, the Assembly voted 319–264 to shelve ratification.
The European Defence Community (first real attempt at a European Army) was over.
By 1952 the Treaty was signed in Paris by the Six: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
One by one, parliaments moved… until France hesitated.
One by one, parliaments moved… until France hesitated.
August 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
By 1952 the Treaty was signed in Paris by the Six: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
One by one, parliaments moved… until France hesitated.
One by one, parliaments moved… until France hesitated.
René Pleven took it to the French National Assembly.
A European Army with a common budget, shared procurement & institutions.
"Confident as it is that Europe’s destiny lies in peace, French Government proposes (…) the creation, for the purpose of common defence, of a 🇪🇺 army"
A European Army with a common budget, shared procurement & institutions.
"Confident as it is that Europe’s destiny lies in peace, French Government proposes (…) the creation, for the purpose of common defence, of a 🇪🇺 army"
August 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
René Pleven took it to the French National Assembly.
A European Army with a common budget, shared procurement & institutions.
"Confident as it is that Europe’s destiny lies in peace, French Government proposes (…) the creation, for the purpose of common defence, of a 🇪🇺 army"
A European Army with a common budget, shared procurement & institutions.
"Confident as it is that Europe’s destiny lies in peace, French Government proposes (…) the creation, for the purpose of common defence, of a 🇪🇺 army"
🪖 In the summer of 1950, riding the momentum of the Schuman Plan, Jean Monnet argues for organising Europe’s defence on a supranational basis.
He put on the table the benefits of a common Army, following USA petition to the allies to plan for the re-armament of West Germany.
He put on the table the benefits of a common Army, following USA petition to the allies to plan for the re-armament of West Germany.
August 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🪖 In the summer of 1950, riding the momentum of the Schuman Plan, Jean Monnet argues for organising Europe’s defence on a supranational basis.
He put on the table the benefits of a common Army, following USA petition to the allies to plan for the re-armament of West Germany.
He put on the table the benefits of a common Army, following USA petition to the allies to plan for the re-armament of West Germany.
30 August 1954 | The French National Assembly rejects the European Defence Community Treaty.
The dream of a European Army with a common budget, centralized military procurement and institutions was over.
Here, a brief story about it
#EUHistory🧵🇪🇺
The dream of a European Army with a common budget, centralized military procurement and institutions was over.
Here, a brief story about it
#EUHistory🧵🇪🇺
August 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
30 August 1954 | The French National Assembly rejects the European Defence Community Treaty.
The dream of a European Army with a common budget, centralized military procurement and institutions was over.
Here, a brief story about it
#EUHistory🧵🇪🇺
The dream of a European Army with a common budget, centralized military procurement and institutions was over.
Here, a brief story about it
#EUHistory🧵🇪🇺
"You have grown up in a Europe where nation states have lost relative importance. You have grown up as Europeans in a world where it's natural to travel, work, and study in other countries.
Many of you recognize that EU enables small countries to achieve together goals they could never reach alone"
Many of you recognize that EU enables small countries to achieve together goals they could never reach alone"
August 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"You have grown up in a Europe where nation states have lost relative importance. You have grown up as Europeans in a world where it's natural to travel, work, and study in other countries.
Many of you recognize that EU enables small countries to achieve together goals they could never reach alone"
Many of you recognize that EU enables small countries to achieve together goals they could never reach alone"
👑 Alumni include royalty and leaders. From King Felipe VI of Spain, King Mohammed VI of Morocco or Prince Hassan of Jordan to Mario Monti, Dacian Cioloș, Viviane Reding, Christine Ockrent, Odile Quintin, and others...(none of them in the video)
August 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
👑 Alumni include royalty and leaders. From King Felipe VI of Spain, King Mohammed VI of Morocco or Prince Hassan of Jordan to Mario Monti, Dacian Cioloș, Viviane Reding, Christine Ockrent, Odile Quintin, and others...(none of them in the video)
📊 There are 2 sessions and it selects around 600 trainees per session from thousands of applicants.
🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸 Italy, France, and Spain are the EU countries with the highest number of candidates in the past five years.
And women outnumbered male in nearly every intake.
🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸 Italy, France, and Spain are the EU countries with the highest number of candidates in the past five years.
And women outnumbered male in nearly every intake.
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
📊 There are 2 sessions and it selects around 600 trainees per session from thousands of applicants.
🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸 Italy, France, and Spain are the EU countries with the highest number of candidates in the past five years.
And women outnumbered male in nearly every intake.
🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸 Italy, France, and Spain are the EU countries with the highest number of candidates in the past five years.
And women outnumbered male in nearly every intake.
📘 It’s called “Blue Book” because the list of pre-selected candidates was literally printed and bound in a blue-covered booklet.
👥 The programme began 65 years ago, in 1960, with just 3 trainees in the inaugural session.
👥 The programme began 65 years ago, in 1960, with just 3 trainees in the inaugural session.
August 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
📘 It’s called “Blue Book” because the list of pre-selected candidates was literally printed and bound in a blue-covered booklet.
👥 The programme began 65 years ago, in 1960, with just 3 trainees in the inaugural session.
👥 The programme began 65 years ago, in 1960, with just 3 trainees in the inaugural session.
"You are not in Hollywood here, you are in the HQ of the Commission of the European Communities"
Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991) ever done.
The 🇪🇺 traineeship programme turns 65, so here a small 🧵
Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991) ever done.
The 🇪🇺 traineeship programme turns 65, so here a small 🧵
August 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"You are not in Hollywood here, you are in the HQ of the Commission of the European Communities"
Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991) ever done.
The 🇪🇺 traineeship programme turns 65, so here a small 🧵
Not a 90s sitcom, but the best promo video of the European Commission Traineeship programme (from 1991) ever done.
The 🇪🇺 traineeship programme turns 65, so here a small 🧵
This visual is from 1952.
And It says a lot
And It says a lot
August 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This visual is from 1952.
And It says a lot
And It says a lot
Official resignation: Europe Day in 1955.
He gave a farewell speech for posterity.
"What we started, will continue. What we started is the United States of Europe (...)The prosperity of Europe depends on it"
"The United States of Europe should not be limited to our 6 countries"
He gave a farewell speech for posterity.
"What we started, will continue. What we started is the United States of Europe (...)The prosperity of Europe depends on it"
"The United States of Europe should not be limited to our 6 countries"
August 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Official resignation: Europe Day in 1955.
He gave a farewell speech for posterity.
"What we started, will continue. What we started is the United States of Europe (...)The prosperity of Europe depends on it"
"The United States of Europe should not be limited to our 6 countries"
He gave a farewell speech for posterity.
"What we started, will continue. What we started is the United States of Europe (...)The prosperity of Europe depends on it"
"The United States of Europe should not be limited to our 6 countries"
Monnet resigned in 1955, after the rejection of the European Defence Community.
The resignation letter, here below.
The resignation letter, here below.
August 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Monnet resigned in 1955, after the rejection of the European Defence Community.
The resignation letter, here below.
The resignation letter, here below.
The High Authority, based in Luxembourg, was at the core of the idea of the European Coal and Steel Community.
An independent, supranational executive checked by a Common Assembly.
An independent, supranational executive checked by a Common Assembly.
August 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The High Authority, based in Luxembourg, was at the core of the idea of the European Coal and Steel Community.
An independent, supranational executive checked by a Common Assembly.
An independent, supranational executive checked by a Common Assembly.
10 August 1952 | The High Authority of the ECSC takes office with Jean Monnet as its President
"Little by little we'll arrive at a situation in which today’s resistance and mutual distrust will evaporate and the wish for a united Europe will win the day"
#EUHistory 🇪🇺
"Little by little we'll arrive at a situation in which today’s resistance and mutual distrust will evaporate and the wish for a united Europe will win the day"
#EUHistory 🇪🇺
August 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
10 August 1952 | The High Authority of the ECSC takes office with Jean Monnet as its President
"Little by little we'll arrive at a situation in which today’s resistance and mutual distrust will evaporate and the wish for a united Europe will win the day"
#EUHistory 🇪🇺
"Little by little we'll arrive at a situation in which today’s resistance and mutual distrust will evaporate and the wish for a united Europe will win the day"
#EUHistory 🇪🇺
9 August 1961 | UK applies to join the EU.
It was vetoed by De Gaulle's Government 🇫🇷 in 1963. Same in 1967.
The 3rd time, in 1969, the UK received the green light.
🇬🇧 joined the EU in 1973 and left in 2020
#EUHistory 🇪🇺 #OnThisDay
It was vetoed by De Gaulle's Government 🇫🇷 in 1963. Same in 1967.
The 3rd time, in 1969, the UK received the green light.
🇬🇧 joined the EU in 1973 and left in 2020
#EUHistory 🇪🇺 #OnThisDay
August 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
9 August 1961 | UK applies to join the EU.
It was vetoed by De Gaulle's Government 🇫🇷 in 1963. Same in 1967.
The 3rd time, in 1969, the UK received the green light.
🇬🇧 joined the EU in 1973 and left in 2020
#EUHistory 🇪🇺 #OnThisDay
It was vetoed by De Gaulle's Government 🇫🇷 in 1963. Same in 1967.
The 3rd time, in 1969, the UK received the green light.
🇬🇧 joined the EU in 1973 and left in 2020
#EUHistory 🇪🇺 #OnThisDay
From Tesla to da Vinci, Marianne and Cervantes.
The many design of euro coins, by country 👇🏻
www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
The many design of euro coins, by country 👇🏻
www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
August 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
From Tesla to da Vinci, Marianne and Cervantes.
The many design of euro coins, by country 👇🏻
www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
The many design of euro coins, by country 👇🏻
www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
From Tesla to Leonardo da Vinci. From Marianne to Cervantes. The euro: an entry door into the history and culture of each country.
It is more than a coin. Here's a breakdown of the unique designs on every coin, by country: www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
It is more than a coin. Here's a breakdown of the unique designs on every coin, by country: www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
August 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
From Tesla to Leonardo da Vinci. From Marianne to Cervantes. The euro: an entry door into the history and culture of each country.
It is more than a coin. Here's a breakdown of the unique designs on every coin, by country: www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...
It is more than a coin. Here's a breakdown of the unique designs on every coin, by country: www.linkedin.com/posts/pablop...