LU EurL I pt 1
History of European Integration - The beginning after WW II
The Council of Europe
Signing of the Statute of the Council of Europe (London, 5 May 1949)
ImageOn 5 May 1949 in London, Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, signs the Statute of the Council of Europe.
The Schuman Plan
Moving closer via Coal & Steel
Signing of the ECSC Treaty (Paris, 18 April 1951)
ImageGroup photograph taken at the signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community. From left to right: Paul van Zeeland (B), Joseph Bech (L), Joseph Meurice (B), Carlo Sforza (I), Robert Schuman (F), Konrad Adenauer (BRD), Dirk Stikker (NL) and Johannes van den Brink (NL).
Cartoon by Behrendt on the EDC (1954)
Image‘Refused!’ In 1954, Pierre Mendès France, French Prime Minister, refuses any form of participation by German forces in a European Defence Community (EDC), despite pleas from the US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, and the British Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden.
Cartoon by Behrendt on the failure of the EDC (1954)
Image'Hallo, over here!' In 1954, even if re-armed West Germany cannot accede to the abandoned European Defence Community, the doors of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) remain wide open to the West German troops.