European Coal and Steel Community

Britain as an Awkward Partner in the European Community Britain emerged from the war in a relatively favourable position, compared to its European neighbours. In 1946 industrial production was as high as at any time pre-war, and increasing quite fast. By the end of the year exports had regained their pre-war level along with this there was little unemployment and retail prices remained fairly stable. All this contrasted strongly with the situation in France, Germany

involving states’ interests. In other words, states utilize community of interest to balance the international situation between neighborhoods. According to Kegley (2009), a global trend in world politics is the spectacular growth of IGOs. The European Union, as an example of IGOs, is the globe’s best success story among the other regional IGOs playing global roles (Kegley, 2009). It created by the merger of the European Coal and Steel

fixed. This fix came in the form of the Treaty of Paris (1951) which was also known as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty. The original purpose of this treaty wasn’t to unify Europe but in a few years that was its effect. The ECSC Treaty’s original purpose was to improve the economies that suffered during the war. This idea was born from the thinking that France and Germany’s vast steel and coal resources could be used to help other countries. France and Germany agreed to participate

Karen E Smith’s book European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World is another installation of the series started in 2003. The second installation is an update and expansion in which she offers a crisp and different outlook on the intricacies of the contemporaneous European Union’s foreign policy. Karen expounds on EU foreign policy by not only examining what the European Union is but also what it does. The book has nine chapters that delve into different aspects of the European Union policy but all

and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met”. The courageous creation of cross-national organizations supersede the public opinions and negative comments regarding the union. Collective combination of states sovereignties into a new entity is what revitalized the European economy after the war. Understanding the past visionaries chimerical view of integration, political ties and peace are the forefront to grasp the breadth of the European integration

What are some of the questions the Greek crisis in the Eurozone may raise? How did the Greek sovereign debt crisis begin? How will the Greek crisis evolve? How will the crisis influence the future of European Union member states as well as the Continent as a whole? How should citizens in European countries understand the crisis? My research aims to: 1) understand Greece’s situation in the Eurozone through an analysis of history and economy; 2) explain the

The Schuman Declaration is the foundation of the European project that we live in today. In his speech on 9 May, 1950, Robert Schuman proposed to pool France and Germany’s Coal and Steel production together for the greater purpose to create peace and safeguard Europe. For some it came as a surprise because only five years passed since devastating World War II came to an end. Withal, it gives room for interpretation and speculations. Therefore, this paper will analyse the real motivation of Robert

would be leaving the European Union. In what has since become known as Brexit, the United Kingdom held a referendum in which 52 percent of the voting-eligible population chose in favor of the country’s departure from the 28 country politico-economic union. When this political issue is analyzed, it is important to understand the reasoning behind Britain’s decision and the many factors that drove them to this resolution. The people of the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union based on economic

The European Union (EU), as a supranational organization, has increased its stock of importance within the international realm through increased integration. Sector after sector has been targeted in attempts to create a more perfect union where all European member states are represented equally. That quest for deeper integration ultimately brought the founders of the EU at the threshold of defense and foreign policy. No one knows for sure the collective direction of the EU, only to say that the goals

The European Union has grown from its humble beginnings of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) into a complex system of governance within Europe and it has become a key figure internationally. The issue is whether the European Union (EU) has in this time grown into a supranational form of governance with the establishment of treaties, or have the nation states stayed in control. I am going to argue that the EU’s supranational qualities are the allocation of shared common interests among