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Note on the advantages of the Franco_Saar Economic Union (August 1952)
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WILKENS, Andreas. Möller, Horst; Hildebrand, Klaus (Ed.). Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Frankreich: Dokumente 1949-1963 [hrsg. von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte]. Book II: Wirtschaft. München: Saur, 1997, pp. 231-240. Translated by the CVCE.
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economic union, France, Saar issue
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In August 1952, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs draws up a memorandum which sets out why it is in the interest of both France and the Saar to maintain their economic and monetary union.
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SPECIAL FILES >> From the origins of the Schuman Plan to the ECSC Treaty >> The origins of the Schuman Plan >> Franco-German problems >> The Saar question
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1950–1956 The formation of the community of Europe >> The birth of the community of Europe >> The origins of the Schuman Plan >> Franco-German problems >> The Saar question
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The advantages of the Franco-Saar Economic Union for France and the Saar
After detailed consideration of all aspects of the question, in the light of more than five years’ experience, we are justified in saying that the Franco-Saar Economic and Monetary Union is indisputably advantageous to both partners. I.
Advantages for France
France derives substantial economic advantages from the Union at relatively modest financial cost. - A - France benefits from the incorporation of the Saar into the French economic area both from Saar contributions and from purchases by the Saar from various French trading interests. a) Contributions from the Saar are in the form of deliveries of staple commodities, foreign exchange supplies or indirect advantages in the negotiating of trade agreements. 1) With sales to France worth a total of 104 billion francs in 1951, the Saar is one of France’s best worldwide suppliers, second only to the United States (182 billion), and ahead of Germany (99 billion). As for France, it is by far the Saar’s best customer, buying 65 % of its external supplies from it. We would note in passing that competition with French industry from that of the Saar — healthy competition, since the cost price elements wh (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Franco_German relations
Notes of reply from the three Western Powers (19 November 1970)
'A chance to seize' from Tribune (19 May 1950)
The Saar Treaty (27 October 1956)
Cartoon on the negotiations concerning the Franco_Saar conventions (March 1953)
Cartoon by Brockmann on the relations between De Gaulle and the EEC (2 March 1963)
First results of the referendum on the European Statute of the Saar (24 October 1955)
Cartoon by Cummings on the French_German rapprochement (17 August 1959)
Cartoon by Pi on France’s strategic interests (27 October 1960)
Signing of the Single European Act (Luxembourg, 17 February 1986)
Cartoon by Million on the French Socialist Party and the referendum on the European Constitution (24 November 2004)
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