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An entity to be named the European Political Community (EPC) was proposed in 1952 as a combination of the existing European Political Community
/ref> Following the collapse of the EPC, European leaders met in the Messina Conference in 1955 and established the Spaak Committee which would pave the way for the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC).
The European Political Community
on CVCE (Centre for European Studies) History of the European Union 1952 in Europe {{EU-stub
European Coal and Steel Community
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was a European organization created after World War II to regulate the coal and steel industries. It was formally established in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris, signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxemb ...
(ECSC) and the proposed European Defence Community
The Treaty establishing the European Defence Community, also known as the Treaty of Paris, is an unratified treaty signed on 27 May 1952 by the six 'inner' countries of European integration: the Benelux countries, France, Italy, and West Germany ...
(EDC). A draft EPC treaty, as drawn up by the ECSC assembly (now the European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adop ...
), would have seen a directly elected assembly ("the Peoples’ Chamber"), a senate appointed by national parliaments and a supranational executive accountable to the parliament.
The European Political Community project failed in 1954 when it became clear that the European Defence Community would not be ratified by the French national assembly, which feared that the project entailed an unacceptable loss of national sovereignty. As a result, the European Political Community idea had to be abandoned./ref> Following the collapse of the EPC, European leaders met in the Messina Conference in 1955 and established the Spaak Committee which would pave the way for the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC).
See also
* Messina Conference *History of the European Union
The European Union is a Geopolitics, geo-political entity covering a large portion of the Europe, European continent. It is founded upon numerous treaties and has undergone expansions and secessions that have taken it from six Member state of th ...
*European Defence Community
The Treaty establishing the European Defence Community, also known as the Treaty of Paris, is an unratified treaty signed on 27 May 1952 by the six 'inner' countries of European integration: the Benelux countries, France, Italy, and West Germany ...
* European political cooperation
References
External links
The European Political Community
on CVCE (Centre for European Studies) History of the European Union 1952 in Europe {{EU-stub