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GO 357 The Political Economy of Regionalism

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 357 The Political Economy of Regionalism

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  1. GO 357The Political Economy of Regionalism Walter Hatch Colby College The European Project

  2. 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.

  3. European Union

  4. May 1945 Reichstag

  5. Europe in Ruins Dresden, Germany

  6. Europe in Ruins Rouen, France

  7. Threats • Immediate • Famine and starvation • Looming • Soviet and domestic communism • Background • Avoiding another war • The German problem

  8. The German Problem

  9. France’s Germanophobia How to prevent Germany’s economic rehabiliation and remilitarization

  10. Saarland

  11. Ruhr

  12. Damn Yankees Truman and Marshall (1947)

  13. Anglo-American Plan • Rebuild the Ruhr • Rearm Germany within NATO

  14. Marshall Plan • $15 billion in economic aid over four years • On condition: cooperation

  15. France’s “Plan B” Accomodation, not revenge

  16. Jean Monnet

  17. Robert Schuman

  18. 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

  19. EDC • Monnet’s OTHER plan • A European army incorporating German units • Treaty signed by “the six” • Defeated by French National Assembly (1954)

  20. From Euro-optimism to Euro-pessimism

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