1951 Treaty

Treaty of Paris — ECSC

Name: Treaty of Paris — ECSC
Start: 1951

Six states create the European Coal and Steel Community, the continent’s first supranational institution.

What leads to what

Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.

Upstream

leads to Schuman Declaration 1950 La déclaration devient traité en moins d’un an.

Downstream

leads to Treaties of Rome 1957 Le charbon et l’acier réussissent ; on étend la méthode au reste.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1951 — the context national timelines leave out.

1 year earlier Schuman Declaration
1 year later Seat of the High Authority Luxembourg
2 years earlier Bonn Basic Law Germany
5 years later Budapest uprising Hungary
6 years later Treaties of Rome
10 years earlier Occupation and destruction Belarus
11 years later Second Vatican Council Vatican City
12 years earlier Invasion and occupation Poland

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.
Cold War 1947 – 1991 A continent cut in two, from Yalta to 1991.

Countries involved

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What was written of it

A day will come when all of you, nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, will merge closely into a higher unity, and will form the European brotherhood.

Victor Hugo 1849

Opening address to the Peace Congress, Paris

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