Western Civilization II / Unit 18 WC2 1720 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Schuman, the ECSC, and the EEC, 1957
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The idea
On the ninth of May nineteen fifty Schuman proposed pooling French and German coal and steel under a common authority, to make war between them materially impossible. The Coal and Steel Community of fifty-one had six members; the Treaty of Rome in fifty-seven made the Common Market.
In practice
"Europe will not be made all at once."
Where people slip
Witness-built; the anchor starts at fifty-seven.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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