May 9, 1950, March 23 (GY), "Schuman Plan" put forward. May

1950, French Foreign Minister Robert - Schumann, prior to talks with U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson; published a Western European Coal and Steel Community Plan, this is the "Schuman Plan". The plan advocates based on coal and steel industries of France and the Federal Republic of Germany, the countries of Western Europe's coal and steel industrial sectors together by a supranational senior co-management associates. United States for strengthening the control of Western Europe to counterbalance the Soviet Union, has consistently advocated the Western European integration movement ", advocate" political unity, military unification "and" economic unification ", thus also agree with Schumann plan "proposed" target = "_blank"> Schuman Plan, under the plan, representatives of the six governments of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, (l $ dj��.��r��) Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in Paris nearly a year of negotiations the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty, signed on April 18, 1951. July 25, 1952, the Treaty entered into force. In August, the formal establishment of the highest authority of the supranational "associates", consists of nine members, Monnet, Schuman Plan, the drafters of the French Jean - served as the agency's first chairman. From February 1953 to August 1954, the "associates" of the six countries has established a common market for coal, steel, iron ore, scrap metal, alloy steel and special steel. highest authority responsible for the coordination of the Member States
"associates" of coal and steel production, investment, prices, raw material allocation and internal competition. European Coal and Steel promote the development of the metallurgical industry of the Member States, and its establishment of the late 1950s laid the foundation for the establishment of the European Common Market. (L $ j��.c��)