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European Confederation - A much-maligned concept

14 Jun 2022

To prevent this development stability of the EU and the continent at a as well as overcoming the Yalta order and time of the resurgence of war on its territo- uniting the two parts of Europe –until then ries. [...] The Inner Six Member States the one hand, the Confederation would be and the United States did not follow the designed to prevent the escalation of natio- French proposal which was quickly shelved. [...] As a result, networks, the development of tourism in they no longer considered the Confedera- Central and Eastern European countries, tion a platform for membership, but rather a the guarantee of access to culture and the way to shut them out from the Community. [...] As was the case for the Fouchet those of the European Free Trade Associa- Plans, the absence of the United States was tion (EFTA). [...] The Fouchet Plans and Euro- Community and the EFTA to form a single pean Confederation sought to resolve Cold area in which the free movement of goods, War tensions and the fall of the Berlin Wall capital, services and persons would be gua- respectively whilst the Federation of Nation ranteed.
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