European Coal and Steel Community
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Etymology
Origin of European Coal and Steel Community
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Saturday marked the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, a proposal in 1950 that laid the groundwork for the European Coal and Steel Community -- the forerunner to the European Union.
From Fox News ● May 9, 2020
What began as the European Coal and Steel Community evolved into the Common Market, then the European Economic Community and ultimately into a European Union of 28 members.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2019
The resulting institution, the European Coal and Steel Community, was the first of the entities that coalesced into what is today the European Union.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2016
It acceded belatedly in 1973 after shunning the foundation of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community in the 1950s.
From Reuters ● Jun. 24, 2016
The European Coal and Steel Community was aimed not at bolstering the region's economy but at maintaining a collective hedge on the industrial inputs that fed Nazi Germany’s dominance of the continent.
From US News ● Jan. 8, 2015
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