The European Dream – The International Authority for Ruhr and the emergence of the European Coal and Steel Community

Authors

  • Miroslav Tascu-Stavre University of Bucharest
  • Maria Sofia Staicu University of Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenpses/7.1/31

Keywords:

International Authority for Ruhr,, The European Coal and Steel Community, european cooperation, european integration, european security

Abstract

The present essay seeks to emphasize the importance that the Intarnational Authority for Ruhr, along with the European Coal and Steel Community, had the maintenance of peace on the European continent, but also in shaping the ideal of European unity.

The International Authority for Ruhr was one of the institutions designed to ensure the disarment and demilitarization of Germany. At the same time, albeit indirectly, the organization had a substantial role in the recovery and reconstruction of the European countries, including Democratic Germany, by promoting the cooperation of each of their economic sectors. Today's peaceful and prosperous Europe would not have been possible without the establishment of the International Authority, that made sure that the resourses of the Ruhr will not be used in destructive purposes.

On the 9th of May, 1950, the Schuman-Monet Plan will provide solutions for the challenges that the International Authority oh Ruhr has been confronting – in particular, for the representation of Western Germany in the organization`s structure.

The remarkable French proposal to pool the French and German resources of coal and steel not only solves the democratization of the organization, but also opens the horizon of participation to other desirable countries, while allowing the gradual withdrawal of the U.S.A. from the European cooperation and construction.

Author Biographies

Miroslav Tascu-Stavre, University of Bucharest

Miroslav TASCU-STAVRE, PhD, is Senior Lecturer at the University of Bucharest, Department of Cultural Studies of the     Faculty of Letters, where he teaches courses, seminars and laboratories in the area of Political Science, European Studies and International Relations. His research interests include transition and democratization in post-communist regimes. He is also involved in the NGO for over 15 years, is the foremost program director of the movement "Save Vama Veche". He participated in the development of national and international research projects and is the author of several studies and books. He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher of a major research project on creative tourism, "CREATOR: Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas".

Maria Sofia Staicu, University of Bucharest

Maria-Sofia STAICU is Student at the University of Bucharest, at the Department of Cultural Studies, European Studies specialization, of the Faculty of Letters.

Her research interests include history and cultural studies. She was also a participant in the P.E.E.P. International Cultural Project, hosted by Slovakia in 2019, other national projects, such as “Civism, optional? - Bucharest's Youth and the Centenary of the Great Union”, hosted by Iulia Hasdeu National College” in 2018, and Student Colloquias – Eurostudies, the XI th Edition. She obtained an Erasmus+ CIVIS study mobility in Bruxelles, and will be following History, History of Arts and Archaeology - related courses. In present, she also has substantial volunteering activity at the Students Association of the Faculty of Letters (from the University of Bucharest).

 

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2022-08-25

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Tascu-Stavre, M., & Staicu, M. S. (2022). The European Dream – The International Authority for Ruhr and the emergence of the European Coal and Steel Community. Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Political Sciences & European Studies, 7(1), 72-79. https://doi.org/10.18662/lumenpses/7.1/31

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021): Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Political Sciences and European Studies

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European Studies

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