European Defence Community plan for German rearmament
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The European Defence Community plan for German rearmament was an early 1950s proposal to integrate a rearmed West Germany into a supranational European army under shared control, intended to address security concerns while limiting German military autonomy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| European Defence Community plan for German rearmament canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War proposal
ⓘ
European integration initiative ⓘ defence integration plan ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
allowing German contribution to Western defence without restoring full national armed forces
ⓘ
reassuring France about German rearmament ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
direct national rearmament of West Germany under full sovereignty
ⓘ
purely national French security policy ⓘ |
| appliesTo | West Germany ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept of pooling sovereignty in defence matters ⓘ |
| concerns |
control of German armed forces
ⓘ
distribution of command authority among European states ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf |
Cold War
ⓘ
post-Second World War European security settlement ⓘ |
| failedBecauseOf | non-ratification of the EDC treaty by the French National Assembly in 1954 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Treaties of Paris (1954)
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Agreements of 1954
Paris Agreements on the status of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
West German accession to NATO
|
| geographicallyLocatedIn | Western Europe ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
postponement of full German military sovereignty
ⓘ
shaping of early European security architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
creation of a supranational European army
ⓘ
integration of German units at the lowest possible level into multinational formations ⓘ restrictions on independent German general staff ⓘ shared control of German military forces by participating European states ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
address Western European security concerns about German rearmament
ⓘ
integrate a rearmed West Germany into a supranational European army ⓘ limit German military autonomy after the Second World War ⓘ strengthen Western defence against the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Western European Union defence arrangements
ⓘ
later debates on European political integration ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | governments of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Communist Party of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French Communists
Gaullism ⓘ
surface form:
Gaullists in France
some French nationalists ⓘ |
| partOf | European Defence Community ⓘ |
| proposedBy | France ⓘ |
| proposedIn | early 1950s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
European Coal and Steel Community
ⓘ
NATO ⓘ Pleven Plan ⓘ Treaty establishing the European Defence Community ⓘ Western European Union ⓘ |
| resultedIn | failure of the European Defence Community project ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Low Countries
ⓘ
surface form:
Benelux countries
Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Germany ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950–1954 ⓘ |
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