Foreign policy: integration with the West

What was established regarding economic integration?

International organisations, to prevent Germany from waging war again, and to manage the potential of the German economy.

But what did international organisations become?

Part of the movement for Western European integration.

What did Adenauer do for West Germany to strengthen it?

He made West Germany indispensable to the West, and made sure it was a member of these organisations and rejected closer relations with the East.

What happened in October 1949?

West Germany joined the organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) and received Marshall Aid.

What happened in April 1951?

West Germany joined the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

What impact did joining the ECSC have?

It placed Franco-German production under a common authority and started European economic unity.

This removed foreign control over West German industry, provided it with equal status as a member state and helped reconciliation with France.

What happened in 1957?

West Germany signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community (EEC), later the EU.

What else did West Germany join in 1957?

EURATOM (European Atomic Energy Community), a sign of increased trust and the success of Adenauer’s policies.

What was established which helped political integration?

Council of Europe in 1948.

Adenauer joined and stated ‘ We belong to the West, not to Soviet Russia’.

What did Adenauer effectively do when establishing the Council of Europe?

Accepted the division of Germany and renounced any independent initiative for West Germany, which reassured France.

How did they ensure military integration?

Through NATO, established 1949. West Germany joined 1955.

What did NATO ask West Germany to do?

Contribute forces to the Korean War, a sign of growing trust, although this concerned France.

How did Adenauer achieve German rearmament within Europe (military integration)?

Through NATO, and NATO forces were placed on German soil.

West Germany also agreed not to seek reunification by force.