French Foreign Relations and the European Integration (1945-1992)

• Main Authors: Pao-Lung Liao, 廖寶隆
• Other Authors: 王英男
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25097512098871837995

博士 === 中興大學 === 歷史學系所 === 99 === During the first half of the twentieth century, Europe experienced two world wars, and its international status lowered greatly. In order to revive Europe’s economy, the intellectuals brought up the idea of European Integration. After World War II, the Marshall Plan, proposed by the United States, facilitated the process of European Integration. Founding two organizations, Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United States dominated the early post-war European Integration. The European Integration didn’t develop its self-consciousness utnil May 9, 1950, when the Schuman Plan launched. Three interwoven factors influenced France’s post-war European Integration policy and its position on the policy: Franco-German relations within Europe, Euro-American relations in the West, and East-West relations during the Cold War. The improvement of Franco-German relations, which was likely to lead to the ultimate solution to the German Question, was not only the primary goal of France’s European Integration but also the main concern when it comes to France’s European policy. Besides, within the framework of East-West Cold War, how to define Euro-American relations and what kind of role Europe played in American-Russian relations also had an impact on France’s European policy. After World War II, France played a significant part in the process of European Integration, guiding the process of European Integration by cooperating with Germany. It was credited with the Treaty of Roman in 1957, Hague Summit in 1969, the Single European Act in 1987, and Maastricht Treaty in 1992. The aim of this dissertation,“French Foreign Relations and the European Integration (1945-1992),” is to explore how France and Germany make peace with and then cooperate with each other, how the political situation in Europe develops, and how European Integration proceeds.