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Treaty of Paris (1951)

April 18, 1951 · Paris

Treaty that created the European Coal and Steel Community of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Putting coal and steel under a common authority was meant to make war between them impossible; it was the first step to the European Union.

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Key people

Konrad Adenauer Chancellor of West Germany, Signed for West Germany Jean Monnet Planner, Designed the plan; first president of its High Authority Robert Schuman French Foreign Minister, Proposed the community in the Schuman Declaration

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Treaty of Rome March 25, 1957

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