Positions of leaders of FRG and France on the way to European unity (1949–1958)

Author(s):  O.G. Nekrylova, candidate of Sciences, no, Yelets State University I.A. Bunin, Yelets, Russia, nekrylova_80@mail.ru

Issue:  Volume 46, № 4

Rubric:  Topical issues of world history

Annotation:  Russian cooperation with the EU countries is currently an important factor in preserving peace on the European continent and affects the entire system of international relations. The need to study the historical experience of European integration is confirmed by the fact that in the conditions of the modern world, European states inevitably become active participants in the integration processes, both global and regional. The article is devoted to the analysis of various foreign policy concepts on European integration in the period 1949–1958. The positions of European leaders, as well as the complex and controversial process of rapprochement between Germany and France in the post-war period, has become a kind of historical prologue that helps today to form a more complete picture of the initial stage of the creation of the EU. The rejection of bloc thinking by «federalists» who tried to overcome the already accomplished division of Europe and supporters of this section by contrasting the West and the East, including the USA, defined strategic concepts in understanding of the integration process by many politicians of that time, including the leaders of Germany and France. The contradictions between them never disappeared completely, but manifested themselves in one form or another at the turning points of European integration.

Keywords:  European integration, Germany, France, European Union, Conrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle.

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DOI:  10.18413/2075-4458-2019-46-4-657-663

Reference to article:  Nekrylova O.G. 2019. Positions of leaders of FRG and France on the way to European unity (1949–1958). Belgorod State University Scientific Bulletin. History. Political Science, 46(4): 657–663 (in Russian). DOI 10.18413/2075-4458-2019-46-4-657-663