The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was founded in 1951, by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands to pool the steel and coal resources of its member-states, thus preventing another European war. It was in fulfillment of a plan developed by a French civil servant Jean Monnet, publicised by the French foreign minister Robert Schumann. |
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was founded in 1951, by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands to pool the steel and coal resources of its member-states, thus preventing another European war. It was in fulfillment of a plan developed by a French civil servant Jean Monnet, publicised by the French foreign minister Robert Schumann. |