Saar Statute

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The Saar Statute was a post–World War II international agreement that proposed turning the Saar territory into a European-administered region, a plan ultimately rejected in the 1955 Saar status referendum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement
post–World War II treaty arrangement
aimedTo internationalize the Saar territory
remove Saar from exclusive German or French sovereignty
cameToPublicVoteOn 23 October 1955
concerns Saar territory
Saarland
geopoliticalPurpose stabilization of Franco-German border
strengthening Western European integration
hasAlternativeName Saar Statut
linked to: Saar Statute

Statute on the European Saar Territory
linked to: Saar Statute
historicalContext Cold War
post-war occupation of Germany
influenced return of Saar to Federal Republic of Germany
intendedAdministeringBody European institutions created by Paris Agreements
Western European Union
languageOfNegotiation French
German
legalEffectAfterReferendum did not enter into force
linkedTo Franco-German reconciliation
Paris Agreements
Western European Union
negotiatedBy Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany

French Republic
partOf post-war Franco-German Saar question
predecessorTo Saar Treaty of 1956
linked to: Saar Treaty
proposedStatus European territory under Western European Union control
European-administered territory
rejectedBy Saarlanders
voters of the Saar territory
rejectedOn 23 October 1955
rejectionPercentageNoVote approximately 67 percent
rejectionPercentageYesVote approximately 33 percent
relatedTo Saar Protectorate
linked to: Saarland

Saar Treaty
Saar status referendum
signedOn 1954
status rejected in referendum
territorialScope Saar Protectorate
linked to: Saarland
wasResultOf Franco-German negotiations
London Conference of 1954
Paris Agreements of 1954
post–World War II settlement in Western Europe
wasSubjectOf 1955 Saar status referendum
wouldHaveEstablished European Commissioner for the Saar
wouldHaveEstablished special European statute for Saar
wouldHaveGuaranteed political autonomy of Saar under European control
wouldHaveMaintained economic union of Saar with France

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Saar Statute hasAlternativeName Saar Statut
linked to: Saar Statute
Saar Statute hasAlternativeName Statute on the European Saar Territory
linked to: Saar Statute
Saar Treaty legalPredecessor Saar Statute