While the impulse for the creation of a United Europe was to end the possibility of European states ever again going to war against each other, the underlying concern was obviously the welfare of the peoples of Europe and of the wider world.
Laikā, kad ierosme radīt vienotu Eiropu izslēdza iespēju, ka Eiropas valstis jebkad atkal varētu plānot karu viena pret otru, neapšaubāmi galvenās rūpes bija saistītas ar Eiropas tautu un labklājību pasaulē.