raharris1973
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What if an early an early European Coal and Steel Community is set up in 1919, with moves towards starting even before the opening of the Versailles Conference, and an initial membership of at minimum, France, the UK, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Italy can be another possible founding member.
What economic and political constituencies in these countries in 1919 and beyond would have benefitted from a hypothetical "European Coal and Steel Community" along the lines of 1951, or a broader common market along the lines of the 1957 Treaty of Rome? What economic and political constituencies in thesecountries would have been most threatened by it and resistant to it?
If the coalition of self-perceived "winners" could dominate their own domestic objectors and establish such an economic community, could this help keep foreign policies aligned and help keep Italy non-Fascist and parliamentary?
If it were established in the early 1920s, what if the offer of membership were extended to European neutrals, like Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, and possibly Germany, on the condition this last one, Germany, pays its reparations, and joins the League?
What economic and political constituencies in these countries in 1919 and beyond would have benefitted from a hypothetical "European Coal and Steel Community" along the lines of 1951, or a broader common market along the lines of the 1957 Treaty of Rome? What economic and political constituencies in thesecountries would have been most threatened by it and resistant to it?
If the coalition of self-perceived "winners" could dominate their own domestic objectors and establish such an economic community, could this help keep foreign policies aligned and help keep Italy non-Fascist and parliamentary?
If it were established in the early 1920s, what if the offer of membership were extended to European neutrals, like Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, and possibly Germany, on the condition this last one, Germany, pays its reparations, and joins the League?