Dear graduates,
You are completing your studies in a transformative era. This is not the first time, and certainly not the last.
Custom as an agreed rule. It determines our behavior. We act like the "proper" others. We fulfill the expectations placed upon us in order to make a good impression.
Ladies and gentlemen,
today we commemorate the Schuman Declaration – a moment that was not merely a technical proposal for the management of coal and steel, but a fundamental turning point in European thinking.
After World War II, the victorious powers imposed a new world order.