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Originally Posted by Bladewire
"The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which culminated in the Second World War. As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace."
https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/history_en |
no - it was also an economic decision - but it is not a german idea. it was de Gaulle and Winston Churchil who had the idea of "unites states of Europe" already after WW2.
and it makes a lot of sense.