HIS 1120 Lecture Notes - Robert Schuman, Political Parties In Yemen, Original Six
17 Mar 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Before: religious unification was what unified other countries. Economic and political cold war exercise (resist communism) A way for certain nations to revive the nation state under the guise of common action. Try to achieve a utopian high ground after the blood of the 2nd ww. After ww2: some feared that war would continue if conflict didn"t cease. May 1950: french foreign minister makes an imp. Declaration: france and west german coal and steel prod. 1950: trying to make a federal state of europe. Proposal was open to all the states of europe. Belgium, netherlands, france, west germany, italy and luxemburg agree to join. 6 come together to build the coal and steel community in april 1951 (ecsc) Create a common market for coal and steel and common production (plentiful per country) Certain extent; coal and steel was to maintain the economic integrity of europe.
