Club Jean Molin
 Club Jean Molin  (Think tank)   | |
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| Formation | 1958 |
| Founder | • Daniel Cordier • Stéphane Hessel |
| Extinction | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Paris,  France |
| Interests |  Gaston Defferre |
| Membership | • Georges Suffert •  Pierre Uri• François Bloch-Lain • Étienne Hirsch • Paul Delouvrier • Claude Gruson •  Simon Nora• Jean Saint-Geours • Jean Ripert • Bernard Cazes •  Jacques Delors• Marcel Gonin • Paul Vignaux • André Jeanson • Pierre Le Brun • Lucien Dourou •  Olivier Chevrillon• Paul Lemerle • Philippe Viannay • Michel Drancourt • Claude Alphandéry • Michel Crozier • Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe • Maurice Duverger •  Georges Vedel• Georges Lavau • Alain de Vulpian • Paul Flamand • Georges Suffert • Jacques Pomonti • Jean-Jacques Rosa • Alain Bacquet • André Clavé • François Bloch-Lainé |
| Think-tank for the "non-communist left" against President de Gaulle, who they considered illegitimate. | |
The Club Jean-Moulin was a think tank created in 1958 shortly after the return to power of General de Gaulle in May 1958, which the members considered illegitimate. Its activities ended in 1970.
On the whole, the Jean-Moulin club belongs to the "new left" movement but with a rather marked technocratic tone.
Activities
According to the club's charter, its creation is due to the "refusal of a few to accept the confiscation of the Republic"[1]. Daniel Cordier and Stéphane Hessel, important World War 2 resistance fighters (Daniel Cordier was Jean Moulin's personal secretary - when he was "Rex" - that is to say between July 1942 and Moulin's arrest by the Gestapo in June 1943) are the two figures around whom these opponents of Gaullism gather, but they do not then play a very important role.
After the stabilization of the regime of the Fifth Republic (in particular thanks to the end of the Algerian War), the Club was more involved in traditional political life, especially in 1968, for the promotion of the candidacy of Gaston Defferre, in association with L'Express]].
Known members
4 of the 33 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Olivier Chevrillon | French media CEO and civil servant |
| Jacques Delors | Spearheaded European integration and the euro in close cooperation with the European Roundtable of Industrialists |
| Pierre Uri | French economist who played a key role in the development of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, setting up the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union. Attended Bilderberg 1963, Bilderberg 1969 and Bilderberg 1975. |
| Georges Vedel | French public law professor known for his fervent support for European federalism. Attended the 1970 Bilderberg meeting. |
