POLI 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Schuman Declaration, Berlin Blockade, Marshall Plan
16 Mar 2015
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May 9, 1950: schuman plan o o o o o o. Fr. need to increase nat"l production, boost foreign trade, maximize employment, and raise living standards: charles de gaulle appoints jean monnet as head of economic planning office. Euro. integration o two formidable challenges to euro. gov"ts (pol. catalysts: state of european economy after the war, onset of the cold war. Eco. depression + pol. extremism fueled pol. rhetoric in favour of new patterns of int"l relations (rise to. European movement) o taken up by the wartime resistance o wanted radical reorganization of postwar pol. , eco. , and soc. Churchill came to personify euro movement o o called for united states of europe . But wanted far more limited form of integration. Congress of europe 1948 o general agreement over desirability of european unity and org. , o. Council of europe o o o o not a supranational entity did little more than exchange ideas and info.
