Le Cercle formed 1952/1953 by Pinay, Violet, Adenauer, Strauss for European integration. Jean Violet, ex-Nazi collaborator and Opus Dei member, organized with Habsburg and Pesenti. Group links Vatican, Knights of Malta, Opus Dei for new Holy Roman Empire vision. Members tied CIA Strategy of Tension using fascist militias for false-flag terror. Anti-communist crusade accused nationalists, socialists, unions of KGB ties. British Cercle shifted against EU after losing influence to France. Monnet wrote Schuman Plan creating ECSC, EU precursor, backed by Pilgrims Society elites. Retinger, CIA-funded, built parallel EU push via European Movement. Violet brokered secret Pinay-Adenauer-Strauss meetings for Elysée Treaty. Crozier joined 1971 after intelligence work with Bonnemaison, linked OAS terror against de Gaulle. Cercle backed colonialist-fascists like OAS, CIA-financed anti-independence bombers. Pesenti Group discussed EU integration – Rockefeller briefly joined then withdrew. Habsburg pushed Paneuropa from Atlantic to Black Sea. Group remains secretive, privately-funded, mixing politicians, spies, aristocrats.