EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
The European Coal and Steel Community was established on July 25, 1952 by the Treaty of Paris. Its members were West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France. This community established
a common market for coal and steel between the countries involved. A common market means that there were no extra tariffs, taxes, or trade barriers against trade between the countries involved. This market was overseen by a supranational authority. The ECSC forced European nations to cooperate for a common good and be subordinate to a supranational authority. The ECSC operated for 50 years until 2002 when it merged with the European Community. |
Conference of Paris, 1950-1951
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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
The European Economic Community was established in
March 1957 by the Treaty of Rome and was made up of the same members as the ECSC.The community made a common market for all goods between the countries and a common external trade policy.This was a huge display of unity between the countries. New members joined through the 1990s.The Maastrticht Treaty in 1993 merged the EEC into the European Community. |
Signing of the Treaty of Rome, 1957
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EUROPEAN UNION
The European Community was embedded into the European Union, thus both the ECSC and the EEC were central in the creation of the EU. These unions presented a collective Europe to the world. The goal of all of these unions was to encourage cooperation between the European nations for the benefit of the whole. In fact, all the nations did economically benefit. The ECSC and the EEC forced Europe to cooperate. This cooperation compelled European nations to communicate more, thus leading to more diplomatic solutions of problems rather than total war.