European Coal and Steel Community

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European Coal and Steel Community, or ECSC, was a union of countries to integrate Europe's coal and steel industries into a single common market. Coal and steel were the only things keeping a European country's economy in good shape after WW2. ECSC later evolved into the 🟢 European Union.

History

The idea of the ECSC began with post-WWII unity efforts, highlighted by 🟢 Winston Churchill's 1946 call for a "United States of Europe" and the 1948 Congress of Europe.

On 9 May 1950, 🟢 French Foreign Minister 🟢 Robert Schuman proposed pooling coal and steel production, leading to the Treaty of 🟢 Paris on 18 April 1951. This treaty, signed by 🟢 Belgium, 🟢 France, 🟢 Italy, 🟢 Luxembourg, the 🟢 Netherlands, and 🟢 West Germany, came into force on 10 August 1952, with 🟢 Jean Monnet as the first president.

The ECSC created a common market for coal and steel, eliminated tariffs, and set common prices. Key developments included the 1960 European Social Fund to aid workers. The ECSC's budget grew in the 1970s, allowing more investment, and in 1973, 🟢 Denmark, 🟢 Ireland, and the 🟢 UK joined. In the 1980s, the ECSC dealt with a steel crisis and began integrating with the 🟢 European Economic Community. The 1992 🟢 Maastricht Treaty, which formed the 🟢 European Union, made the ECSC part of the EU structure.

With the treaty due to expire in 2002, debate began at the beginning of the 1990s on what to do with ECSC. It was eventually decided that ECSC should be left to expire. The areas covered by the ECSC's treaty were transferred to the Treaty of 🟢 Rome and the financial loose ends and the ECSC research fund were dealt with via a protocol of the Treaty of 🟢 Nice. When the ECSC Treaty expired on 23 July 2002 and was not renewed, the community's functions were absorbed by the 🟢 European Union. The ECSC was vital in fostering cooperation, rebuilding Europe's economy post-WWII, and paving the way for the European Union.

Goals

ECSC's major goal is to end 🟢 war between member states, quote:

“”Make war not only unthinkable but materially impossible.
— 🟢 Robert Schuman

The ECSC's creation marked a radical shift from centuries of intermittent warfare and rivalry, especially between 🟢 France and 🟢 Germany. By pooling coal and steel production industries critical to 🟢 military infrastructure, the ECSC sought to bind the economies of member states so closely together that war would become not just undesirable but practically impossible. The 🟢 Six Founder Member States — 🟢 Belgium, 🟢 France, 🟢 Italy, 🟢 Luxembourg, the 🟢 Netherlands, and 🟢 Germany, entered into an unprecedented economic collaboration that laid the foundation for future 🟢 European integration. They are now living in the longest period of peace in more than 2000 years of their 🟢 histories.

Members

How to draw

Flag of the ECSC

European Coal and Steel Community has a drawing rating of easy.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill the top half with blue and the bottom half with black.
  3. Draw 6 white stars on each half.
  4. Add the eyes and you are done!
  5. Add some coal and steel (optional)
Color Name HEX
Blue #0786D5
Black #000000
White #FFFFFF
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See Also

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