Christian Democratic Internationalism. The Nouvelles Equipes Internationales and the Circle of Geneva among European unification and religious identity (1947-1954)

This article analyses Christian Democratic International organizations after WWII, namely the Nouvelles Equipes Internationales (NEI) and the Geneva Circles (secret discussion groups), in order to understand how and to what extent this international network has been important for European Christian Democratic Parties and for the overall process of European unification. The goal is to describe the relationship between the Christian-inspired parties and their efforts to define a common ideological framework and a successful Europeanism capable of competing with other political groups and ideologies, especially communist and national forces. The main sources used are the minutes of meetings of the NEI and the Geneva Circles.