Retired from "A brief history of European integration" by Susan S. Nello:
"With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the USA and the UK were in favour of German rearmament. France was against this idea and also opposed Germany becoming a member of NATO, instead proposing the creation of a European army with West German participation (the Pleven Plan). [...] There was to be a combined army with a single uniform and flag, and its own budget. In order to ensure control of the European army, political integration was also to be strengthened, and in 1953 a draft proposal for the creation of a European Political Community was also presented. [...]
In 1952 the Treaty on the European Defence Community was signed. [...] In 1954 the French parliament resufed to ratify the Treaty (though the other five involved countries involved had done so). There was reaction to the supranational element of the proposal [...]"
What I ask is how the European integration would develop if the French parliament ratified the Treaty on the EDC. It seems obvious that the EDC would make the European Union jumps from a "military vermin" to a military juggernaut and would also push forward for European Integration. But the question is how the other countries would react. Would there be more expansions of Europe? It seems unlikely that the UK would join this European Union, even if not involved in the EDC. Other countries maybe would also be a little fearful of transfering a so great deal of autonomy. So, maybe this would be a little European Union, although more centralized. Or, by the other side, some countries would delightly accept protection under a huger army (and some nuclear weapons).
And how the East would react? Would we see an EDC in Eastern Europe? Maybe even merging together with it original counterpart after the Fall of the Wall (if it falls)? Or it only would stir attrition between the two ideological blocs, leading possibly to a Third World War? (ok, unlikely, but not impossible)
"With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the USA and the UK were in favour of German rearmament. France was against this idea and also opposed Germany becoming a member of NATO, instead proposing the creation of a European army with West German participation (the Pleven Plan). [...] There was to be a combined army with a single uniform and flag, and its own budget. In order to ensure control of the European army, political integration was also to be strengthened, and in 1953 a draft proposal for the creation of a European Political Community was also presented. [...]
In 1952 the Treaty on the European Defence Community was signed. [...] In 1954 the French parliament resufed to ratify the Treaty (though the other five involved countries involved had done so). There was reaction to the supranational element of the proposal [...]"
What I ask is how the European integration would develop if the French parliament ratified the Treaty on the EDC. It seems obvious that the EDC would make the European Union jumps from a "military vermin" to a military juggernaut and would also push forward for European Integration. But the question is how the other countries would react. Would there be more expansions of Europe? It seems unlikely that the UK would join this European Union, even if not involved in the EDC. Other countries maybe would also be a little fearful of transfering a so great deal of autonomy. So, maybe this would be a little European Union, although more centralized. Or, by the other side, some countries would delightly accept protection under a huger army (and some nuclear weapons).
And how the East would react? Would we see an EDC in Eastern Europe? Maybe even merging together with it original counterpart after the Fall of the Wall (if it falls)? Or it only would stir attrition between the two ideological blocs, leading possibly to a Third World War? (ok, unlikely, but not impossible)