Schuman Plan

Summary of Schuman Plan

A series of proposals for the pooling of European coal and steel resources as a vehicle for European economic recovery and integration, advanced by Robert Schuman of France in 1950. Schuman’s plan was accepted by the governments of Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, and West Germany, as well as France. Negotiations among the six governments began in Paris in June 1950, resulting in the establishment of the European Coal And Steel Community (read this and related legal terms for further details) in April 1951.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Schuman Plan and the European Union

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See Also

• European Coal and Steel Community