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GO 357 The Political Economy of Regionalism. Walter Hatch Colby College The European Project. No Fizz Quiz. Robert Schuman 1. He was the foreign minister of what European country? 2. Name the European institution that emerged from his 1950 proposal. European Union. May 1945. Reichstag.
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GO 357The Political Economy of Regionalism Walter Hatch Colby College The European Project
No Fizz Quiz • Robert Schuman • 1. He was the foreign minister of what European country? • 2. Name the European institution that emerged from his 1950 proposal.
May 1945 Reichstag
Europe in Ruins Dresden, Germany
Europe in Ruins Rouen, France
Threats • Immediate • Famine and starvation • Looming • Soviet and domestic communism • Background • Avoiding another war • The German problem
France’s Germanophobia How to prevent Germany’s economic rehabiliation and remilitarization
Damn Yankees Truman and Marshall (1947)
Anglo-American Plan • Rebuild the Ruhr • Rearm Germany within NATO
Marshall Plan • $15 billion in economic aid over four years • On condition: cooperation
France’s “Plan B” Accomodation, not revenge
Treaty of Paris (1951) • Six members: France, Germany, Italy, Benelux • Customs Union to common market • “High Authority” • Council of Ministers • Court of Justice • Common Assembly
EDC • Monnet’s OTHER plan • A European army incorporating German units • Treaty signed by “the six” • Defeated by French National Assembly (1954)
From Euro-optimism to Euro-pessimism