POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: European Atomic Energy Community, European Economic Community, Common External Tariff
2 Apr 2018
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Jean monnet and robert schumann: germany needed to rebuild/reindustrialise after wwii. But should be tied to the greater process of european reconstruction: joint ownership of coal and steel industries would help france and germany overcome their distrust of each other. Supranational idea that may lead to european federation: help from the us in the form of the marshall plan. 6 founding members: france, (west) germany, italy, belgium, netherlands and. Foundation of european institutions is laid: managed by a high authority, decisions made by the special council of ministers, appointed common assembly, court of justice. In the early days, there was talk of a common european defense policy. Reviving european integration through a common market. Established the european atomic energy community (euratom) and the european economic community (eec: roughly similar structure to the ecsc. 1960: european free trade association (efta) created included austria, denmark, norway, portugal, switzerland, and the uk.
