VL IB: European Policy Making

History of European Integration

What factors were facilitating european integration?

  • WW2 = catalyst for the European idea
  • Cold War -> Western Europe defined itself as an entity with common interests
  • Bad state of European economies: increased trade and cooperation across Western Europe -> greater economic growth
  • Support through the US
    • Truman Doctrine 47
    • ERP (Marshall-Plan)
  • The political vision and ideas of certain people/movements:
    • Of the federalist movement(s): esp. Altiero Spinelli and Robert Schuman
  • In the interest of participating states

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