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European Recovery Programme

British  

noun

  1. the official name for the Marshall Plan

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On 5 June, in a speech to students at Harvard, Marshall announced his European recovery programme.

From The Guardian

It was officially known as the European Recovery Programme and launched in the name of the then American Secretary of State, George Marshall, in 1947.

From BBC

We should be developing a European recovery programme that creates good jobs, builds affordable homes and stimulates research and technology.

From The Guardian

The Marshall Plan had an outer shell, the European Recovery Programme, and an inner core, the economic reconstruction of Europe on the basis of debt forgiveness to and trade integration with Germany.

From Economist

The British project, established by an act of parliament in 1953, funds Americans to study at UK universities in recognition of the post-war European recovery programme, known as the Marshall Plan.

From BBC