HIST 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: European Economic Community, Common Agricultural Policy, Marshall Plan
21 Oct 2018
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Marshall plan provides the beginnings of this economic integration is an economic project which also had a political purpose to make war and conflict between european nations less likely. Common market principle architect of what would become the european union. European coal + steel community (essc) (1952) coal and steel fundamental to industrialization pre-cursor to eec and economic union includes western germany, italy, france, belgium, netherlands and luxembourg. Germany surrendering its markets is a significant change, true for all countries as well. Many nationalists opposed bc of loss of national sovereignty and identity not until 1968 that eec proposes common external tarriff, slow process. Monnet and members of essc advocate a larger common market that includes all goods not just coal and steel. Britain pulls out of negotiations in 1957. Common agricultural policy created by the treaty of rome protects european agriculture however at twice the cost of normal agriculture formally enrolled in 1962.
