European Coal and Steel Community · 1951–2002

European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)

유럽석탄철강공동체 (ECSC)

The first supranational European organization, established by the Treaty of Paris in 1951, which integrated the coal and steel industries of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg into a single common market. Originating from the Schuman Declaration of 1950, its aim was to make war between France and Germany 'not only unthinkable but materially impossible' by placing the two industries essential to munitions production under joint management. It provided the institutional blueprint for the European Economic Community (EEC) created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome and was fully absorbed into the European Community upon the treaty's expiry in 2002.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN) Founding, institutional structure, Schuman Declaration origins, six member states, Treaty of Paris (1951), expiry in 2002, and role as precursor to the EEC and EU.
  2. ebsco.com Summary of the ECSC's establishment, Schuman Plan, Jean Monnet's role, Marshall Plan context, and the ECSC as the first major effort at European economic federalism.
  3. centre-robert-schuman.org 75th anniversary overview confirming the ECSC as the foundation of European integration, proposed by Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950.
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