European Coal and Steel Community

The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was founded in 1951 (Treaty of Paris), by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to pool the steel and coal resources of its member-states, thus preventing another European war. The headquarters of the ECSC was, beginning in 1952, in the capital city of Luxembourg. It was the fulfillment of a plan developed by a French economist Jean Monnet, publicized by the French foreign minister Robert Schuman. It was also heavily promoted, by the United States.

See also

• History of the European Union
• Schuman Declaration