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Very quickly, France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries opened negotiations to prepare a treaty. In institutional terms, the Benelux countries feared Franco-German domination. They called, therefore, for a genuinely independent High Authority. Business circles feared policies which would amount to dirigisme by another name.
The economic and technical difficulties involved concerned the breaking up of the cartels which controlled German heavy industry in the Ruhr. Political matters, such as the composition of the High Authority of the ECSC, were also addressed.
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Schuman, a man from a border region Franco-German problems The Monnet-Schuman partnership Pooling coal and steel resources Institutional innovation The ‘Schuman bombshell’ of 9 May 1950 Political backing The press conference Reactions to the Schuman Declaration The Schuman plan - what was at stake? Negotiations on the ECSC Treaty Multilateral negotiations Signing of the ECSC Treaty Ratification of the ECSC Treaty Entry into force of the ECSC Treaty Robert Schuman, first President of the European Parliamentary Assembly Strasbourg's place at the heart of Europe Kredituak