Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community

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The Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community were the original Western European countries that first pooled their coal and steel industries after World War II, laying the institutional foundations for what would become the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding members of European integration
group of sovereign states
aimedAt economic integration
joint management of coal and steel production
prevention of war between France and Germany
appliesToSector coal industry
steel industry
cooperatedOnPolicy common market for coal
common market for steel
currencyAtFoundation Belgian franc
Deutsche Mark
Dutch guilder
French franc
Italian lira
Luxembourgish franc
foundedByTreaty Treaty of Paris (1951)
geopoliticalContext Cold War Europe
linked to: Cold War
hasMember Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany

French Republic
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
linked to: Luxembourg

Italian Republic
Kingdom of Belgium
linked to: Belgium

Kingdom of the Netherlands
historicalPeriod post–World War II Europe
historicalPrecursorOf Member States of the European Economic Community
Member States of the European Union
inception 1952
inspiredByPlan Monnet Plan
Schuman Declaration
languageGroup Germanic languages
Romance languages
legalBasis Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
locatedInContinent Europe
numberOfMembers 6
partOf European Coal and Steel Community
politicalOrientation Western Europe
politicalSystemType democratic states
sharesCharacteristic founding members of the European Communities
original Six of European integration
sharesInstitution Common Assembly of the ECSC
Court of Justice of the ECSC
High Authority of the ECSC
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC
startTime 1952-07-23
successorOrganization European Communities
European Union
supranationalOrganizationMembership European Coal and Steel Community

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Common Assembly memberOf institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community
linked to: Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community
Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community historicalPrecursorOf Member States of the European Economic Community
linked to: Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community