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Chapter 31
The First Steps Towards European Integration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Sovereignty | Sovereignty is a country’s independence and power. |
| Why were European leaders determined to work together after World War II? | The Cold War was taking shape as a potential threat to Europe. |
| How did Europe’s recent past encourage cooperation after 1945? | These leaders had personal experience of war and of fascism. They were determined to prevent a return to the extremism and destruction of the previous generation |
| What role did Europe’s post-war problems play in bringing the continent together? | The Cold War posed a problem that they felt could only be resolved by working together. The continent was devastated after the war and economic cooperation would help their countries to recover. The US would lend its support to an ally against communism |
| Why do you think the Benelux Agreement was important in the story of European integration? | The Benelux Agreement was important because it showed that the abolition of tariffs on imports and exports could be achieved and was successful (it tripled trade in a decade). |
| What was the function of the OEEC? | It was to administer the Marshall Plan funds, encourage economic cooperation and raise living standards in Europe. |
| What was the European Convention on Human Rights and why was it important? | The European Convention on Human Rights guaranteed the basic rights of all citizens in Europe to democracy, free speech and protection from torture or unfair trials. |
| Why did the French propose setting up the ECSC? | France proposed setting up the ECSC to minimise any threat from a re-emerging West Germany. |
| What was the ECSC? | The European Coal and Steel Community: the coal and steel industries of France, West Germany, Italy and the Benelux states were put under a single High Authority. |
| How was it different from the bodies that had gone before it? | It was different in that the member states handed over some of their sovereignty to an outside body. The ECSC could make decisions that would be binding on all its members. |
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