Modified Brussels Treaty

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collective security arrangement defence agreement international treaty

The Modified Brussels Treaty is the 1954 agreement that restructured and expanded the original 1948 Brussels Treaty, creating the Western European Union as a framework for European collective defense and security cooperation.

Aliases (1)

Brussels Treaty (Modified Brussels Treaty) framework ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective security arrangement → defence agreement → international treaty →
aimsTo	integrate West Germany into Western defence structures → strengthen Western European defence →
alsoKnownAs	Modified Brussels Treaty of 1954 → Paris Agreements (defence component) →
created	Western European Union →
dateSigned	1954-10-23 →
enteredIntoForce	1955-05-06 →
establishes	mutual defence clause →
expands	Brussels Treaty →
follows	Brussels Treaty →
frameworkFor	European security cooperation →
hasClause	collective defence obligation in case of armed attack in Europe →
hasParty	Belgium → France → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands → United Kingdom → West Germany →
hasPurpose	European collective defence → security cooperation in Western Europe →
historicalPeriod	Cold War →
inForce	true →
language	English → French →
legalBasisFor	Western European Union Assembly → Western European Union Council →
placeSigned	Paris →
providesFor	collective self-defence → consultation on security matters →
region	Western Europe →
relatedTo	Brussels Treaty → North Atlantic Treaty → Western European Union →
restructures	Brussels Treaty →
signatoryState	Federal Republic of Germany → French Republic → Grand Duchy of Luxembourg → Italian Republic → Kingdom of Belgium → Kingdom of the Netherlands → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED →
subjectMatter	European integration → collective security → defence policy →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ("Brussels Treaty (Modified Brussels Treaty) framework") →	follows
Western European Union →	legalBasis