Chapter 373 The pretext of military integration

In the closing ceremony that followed, Prime Minister Adderley gave a passionate speech, but also said that integrating the market was a prerequisite to avoid another major war in Europe, and that by doing the whole of their respective strengths, Europe would be able to come out of the war’s wounds quickly, and concluded by mentioning that the U.S. allies were of the same opinion.

America’s support for a united Europe, at least in this era, was sincere, as Western Europe was now too weakened.

The United States was separated from Europe by the Atlantic Ocean, and it was already very difficult to fight against the Soviet Union. If the Western European countries were slow to recover from the war, wouldn’t it be the United States that was separated from the Atlantic Ocean and fighting against the Soviet Union, the land power in Eurasia?

That is why the Marshall Plan was adopted in the United States after the war, although the Republican Party has been opposed, but ultimately did not oppose the success.

The first time the U.S. had complications with the EEC was after the European countries recovered in the 1950s. But it was still after the Vietnam War was brought to its knees that it seriously began to watch out for the EC and find ways to keep Europe from uniting. Sneaky restrictions on the EC began to be put in place.

And in this day and age, the U.S. would only want the EC to do well and be on its side against the Soviet Union.

When Adderley’s speech was finished, the whole venue rang with thunderous applause, and Allen Wilson was among them, his joy was sincere, this was after all the country he lived in. The bottom line was that he hadn’t been British in his last life.

There was even a sense in which the country of his last life was still, in a sense, an enemy of Britain.

In his last life, he had ridiculed Britain so wantonly that he didn’t know how many keyboards he had smashed, and all of a sudden, he ended up in the era of the Sunset Free Fall.

Alan Wilson and the average British people are different, he has the legacy of the previous life thinking, certainly not like the average British people think openly, think what Britain and the United States as close as family. Quite the contrary he had been educated in the opposite direction to British public opinion, and the self-hypnosis of latter-day Britons accepting that the Sunset had passed was completely ineffective against him.

Then there is only a different way to live, he can not stand his own motherland to do vassal, can not be the first will be fine, at least to be independent and autonomous, people in India are going to be a big country of sound and color it, the United Kingdom go to be a vassal is also too much of a drop in the bucket.

At least now, the British Prime Minister’s speech at the Brussels meeting, as well as the first consensus, involving the integration of the European film market, this consensus, is considered to have completed the zero breakthrough. The Brussels Treaty Organization, finally, from the two main roles of colonies and military alliances, began to do something else.

In the foreseeable future, it has at least avoided being humiliated by the United States and France. I really don’t know what the days of British politicians were like after the original historical Suez Canal War, when the British were kicked in the ass by the Americans for applying to join the EEC, and to do so they needed French approval.

At that time, the President of France was Charles de Gaulle. How big a face did the British have to pull to beg the French?

Moreover, de Gaulle was a standard nationalist who was not friendly to Britain at all. The negotiation process was almost humiliating, and he even vetoed Britain’s request twice, so Britain lost countless smiles and had to wait until de Gaulle stepped down before joining.

If Britain chooses to embrace the United States, it is as a former world hegemon, disguised as a shit-stirrer in the hands of the Americans, and play a role in messing up Europe, then it would be better to choose to embrace Europe, at least you do not have to suffer from the pincer movement.

Against France there is also a psychological advantage, after all, nearly two hundred years, the United Kingdom against France more than defeat.

After the speech of Prime Minister Adderley, on the stage to speak is the President of the Council of Ministers of France Robert Schuman, now the position of the Prime Minister of France has changed, and the Soviet Union’s name is the same as the President of the Council of Ministers, called the President of the Council of Ministers.

In fact it was still the role of the Prime Minister, but it was changed to a name similar to the Soviet position.

Robert Schuman, who is now in power, is the seventh leader of France after more than three years since de Gaulle established the provisional government from 1944, and the legacy from the Fourth French Republic is still there, that is, changing leaders faster than changing underwear.

“I don’t recognize it, last time it was Georges Pidoule.” Alan Wilson, still unaware of who had come to power, asked his top Cabinet Secretary, Norman Brooke.

“That was two years ago, and the war was just ending then.” Norman Brooke frowned in thought for a moment muttering, “Fanchon Auriol? Leon Bloom? Paul Lamadier? And then there’s him, Robert Schuman, now President of the French Council of Ministers, and I wonder how many days he can lead France?”

Robert Schuman? Alan Wilson stared, as if the prototype of the EEC was called the Schuman Plan? Was it related to this man?

The European Union initially originated from the French Foreign Minister’s Schuman Plan: to place the French and German steel industries under a supranational organization, completely eradicating the possibility of another Franco-German war.

It was then extended to the whole of Western Europe and to all aspects of economic cooperation. At the same time, the elimination of borders, etc., suppressed the Franco-German conflict.

Robert Schuman, who later became France’s foreign minister, is now the president of the Council of Ministers leading France. So it looks like Robert Schuman was later sort of demoted and retained?

The Schuman Plan advocated that the coal and steel industries of Western Europe should be united on the basis of the coal and steel industries of France and the Federal Republic of Germany, and that a supranational high-level body should jointly manage the “Pool”.

The U.S., in order to strengthen its control over Western Europe as a counterweight to the Soviet Union, had always encouraged the integration movement in Western Europe, advocating “political unity,” “military unity,” and “economic unity,” and thus endorsed the Schuman Plan. Schuman Plan.

According to this plan, the Treaty on European Coal and Steel Pooling was signed in 1951 after nearly a year’s consultation in Paris among representatives of the governments of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

The reason why France did not begin to facilitate the emergence of the European Coal and Steel Pact until 1951 was that the effort to annex the Saarland failed. Then there was another important factor, lack of money.

It was the failure of the Saarland annexation coupled with the aid of the Marshall Plan that caused the French to think differently and facilitate the emergence of the European Coal and Steel Pact.

Originally, the earliest efforts of the EEC had nothing to do with France either, but rather the three small countries that, after the arrival of aid money from the Marshall Plan, established a common market in 1948 between the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, which was set up with the aim of realizing tariff exemptions, free movement of goods markets and people, and the advancement of close economic ties between the three member states.

The economic union of the three small countries was regarded as the prototype of the European Community and the beginning of Europe’s post-war move towards union.

France was not interested at first either, but eventually failed in its efforts to annex the German Saarland before retreating and pulling Germany into the three small countries’ repartee.

The current Brussels Treaty Organization is, of course, completely inconsistent with the original historical creation of the EEC.

It is the colonial countries to warm up, but in the general environment of Europe is still no difference. The United States still hopes that Western Europe can become a booster, don’t let the United States with a bunch of poor soon to be rice countries against the Soviet Union, and there are still a lot of pro-Soviet parties within these countries, didn’t you see that France has changed the prime minister to the president of the Council of Ministers?

In fact, when you think about it, the mentality of the United States now is similar to that of King Knowles when he was president. European countries must stand on their own feet, do not rely solely on the United States against the Soviet Union, the landlord’s family does not have spare food ah.

Only the difference is that now the United States is completely not yet adjusted to the mentality of the confrontation with the Soviet Union is not at all psychological certainty, counting on the old imperialist countries back to the blood, and their own stand together.

The United States of America’s financial and national strength is no problem, only some psychological problems.

And the United States in the twenty-first century under the rule of King Know It All is entirely because it is really starting to run out of money, it is true that the landlord’s family does not have any food left over, and it is starting to clamor for Europe to raise its military spending.

Brussels conference to the emergence of the common market resolution of the movie and the triumphant closing, although and steel and coal this important industry has nothing to do, but from zero to a breakthrough is also worthy of relief, as long as the beginning of the infinite possibilities.

The Paris conference to be held next month is still some time away, and Prime Minister Adderley will have to return home to make preparations, and the biggest thing in the UK right now is the big wedding of Crown Prince Elizabeth.

This is a big event for the British royal family after the war, as the prime minister Adderley naturally can not be absent.

As for Alan Wilson, but also to return to London, he came from London to Europe itself is a temporary mission, and the Soviets to talk about the engine thing, now have to talk about it, of course, to triumph.

Returning to the plane, Norman Brooke also complimented Alan Wilson on the Rollo engine thing, saying that this negotiation is very successful, not only the orders greatly increased, but also opened up the market for rubber and tin ore.

“The Honorable Cabinet Secretary is overly complimentary.” Alan Wilson spoke very modestly, “In fact, as long as one is good at spotting opportunities, many things can turn out differently.”

“You are indeed a person who is good at spotting opportunities, that’s what Edward said. Especially good at solving financial problems. But things at home aren’t quite the same as in the colonies.”

Norman Brooke nodded with a double entendre. Not only did he acknowledge the credit for opening up wide sources of wealth in British India, but he also pointed out that Allen Wilson’s means of enriching himself in the British Indian colonies was very clever.

“Norman what are you talking about? There was a discussion on financial matters?” Prime Minister Airdrie happened to have just come out of his cabin when he heard the conversation between the two men, everything else could be skipped, money was something that he was going crazy thinking about.

Alan Wilson’s brain was quick to turn, and directly answered Prime Minister Aidley’s words, “It’s like this Prime Minister, if the Belgian and Dutch Luxembourg armies are stationed in the British-occupied areas, it’s best to unify the armaments with those of the British forces stationed in Germany so as to maximize combat power, which is the military integration of the Brussels Treaty Organization, and it is believed that as long as the American’s aid payments are in place, then the discussion of this matter will be much better, and also increase some income through military purchases.”