CPO-3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: European Parliament
6 Apr 2018
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Why the six, 6 countries that originally joined the ecsc, france, germany, italy, benelux (belgium, Netherlands, luxemburg: whole point is to rebuild french/german industry with french oversight, benelux small countries right in between. France/germany, any actions go through those countries: italy borders france; not as wealthy as the other 5. Wwii, wanted to rejoin the broader eu community, as a partner/friend. Britain liked efta, but didn"t want anything more than that: ecsc went to the us to ask permission to do this. Germany used it, while rebuilding your own city. Military angle could limit a potential attack from germany if you have control: goal was to start small, and expand throughout international markets dependent on everyone"s demands, the treaty of paris, involved benelux, france, germany, italy. Established ecsc: seen as a way of establishing diplomatic and economic stability in eastern europe after.
