Brussels, 09/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Why did the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 succeed contrary to the failure of other ideas at the time? Because it was "aimed at a reduced but decisive target for the future" and provided a "permanent institution", by for the first time introducing a "limited notion of supranationality", said the former President of the French Republic Valery Giscard d' Estaing in Brussels on 9 May, on the occasion of an academic session organised by the European...