There was an appetite among Western European states to form a union of sorts and things were tense between France and Germany following WWII. French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed the Schuman plan, which would pave the way for the formation of the Economic Coal and Steel Community in 1951. Initially it was to be a deal between France and Germany that all other Western European states could join if they wished but only Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands joined. Countries were willing to give up soveriegnty to join because it would strengthen their economies.
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Because it was cold.
Not sure if this will answer your question, but I'll give it a shot. It's less about the fact that is is coal and more about the fact that coal gives off heat. When coal was first being used as a heat source, it was cheaper than wood and there was a lot of it. So really the origin of the energy is in the heat that the coal generates when on fire and less about the coal itself.
how has coal mining changed over time
Zheng He was the one who had coal. He and his father, the emperor of China, and his uncle ,Samuel had created coal together on a farm in China.
Short term: to pool coal and steel resources , thereby strengthening the economies of participating states. Long term: to begin the process of European integration.
1951
The European Coal and Steel Community as well as the European Economic Community.
1951 - 1967
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Not really, the EU budded from what was once known as the european steel and coal community in the 1960s. But steel and coal community didn't have EU's political and economic unity.
1951
1. The European Coal and Steel Community (1951) 2. The European Economic Community (1957).
European Coal & Steel Community established
European Coal & Steel Community established
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