A referendum on the Saar statute was held in the Saar Protectorate on 23 October 1955.Results of the referendum on the Saar Statute
CVCE The statute would have made the territory an independent polity under the auspices of a European

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, to be appointed by the Council of Ministers of the Western European Union, while remaining in the

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with

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. Its rejection by voters was taken as an indication that they would rather reunite with

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.Rearmament and the European Defense Community
Library of Congress Country Studies On 27 October 1956 France and West Germany concluded the

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establishing that Saarland should be allowed to join West Germany as provided by article 23 of its constitution ( Grundgesetz). Saarland subsequently became a state of Germany with effect from 1 January 1957.

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