EURR 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development, Intergovernmentalism, Marshall Plan
5 Apr 2023
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European integration ultimately prevailed, but this was far from clear in 1940s. The organization for european economic cooperation (oeec) and european payment. Oeec and epu set up in conjunction with marshall plan. Oeec (1948) coordinated aid distribution and prompted trade liberalisation. Reduction of restrictions on trade and payments; reduction of tariffs and other barriers to trade; examination of prospects for free trade area or customs union among members; Oeec (1948), council of europe (1949), efta (1960) France, germany, italy and the benelux countries (who were to become the founder members of the eec) signed the treaty of paris establishing the ecsc in 1951. Makes france and germany part of the control of war. Great britain opposed the transfer of sovereignty to a supranational organisation so remained out of the initiative. France, germany, italy and the benelux countries formed the european economic. Community and euratom by signing the treaties of rome in march 1957, which entered into force from january 1958.
