1950 Text
Schuman Declaration
On 9 May France proposes placing coal and steel under a common authority. Community Europe is born of a material pooling.
What leads to what
Declared chains of causation — debatable, like any reading of history.Upstream
- leads to Council of Europe 1949 Une assemblée sans pouvoir montre qu’il faut lier des intérêts, pas des intentions.
Downstream
- leads to Treaty of Paris — ECSC 1951 La déclaration devient traité en moins d’un an.
Meanwhile, elsewhere
Within twenty-five years of 1950 — the context national timelines leave out.- 1 year earlier Bonn Basic Law Germany
- 2 years later Seat of the High Authority Luxembourg
- 6 years later Budapest uprising Hungary
- 7 years later Treaties of Rome
- 9 years earlier Occupation and destruction Belarus
- 11 years earlier Invasion and occupation Poland
- 11 years earlier Winter War Finland
- 12 years later Second Vatican Council Vatican City
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