High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The College of Europe (French: College d'Europe) is an independent university institute of postgraduate European studies with the main campus in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1949 by leading European figures and founding fathers of the European Union such as Salvador de Madariaga, Winston Churchill, Paul-Henri Spaak and Alcide De Gasperi in the wake of the Hague Congress of 1948 to promote "a spirit of solidarity and mutual understanding between all the nations of Western Europe and to provide elite training to individuals who will uphold these values" and "to train an elite of young executives for Europe." It has the status of "Institution of Public Interest" operating according to Belgian Law. Since 1993 the college has also had an additional smaller campus in Natolin, Poland focusing on Central and Eastern European studies. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в...