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The Schuman Declaration

On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman delivered a historic speech that led to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Its members, he suggested (initially France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), would pool coal and steel production under a common High Authority. Schuman hoped that this would make another war "not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible", promoting cooperation between nations and facilitating the post-war reconstruction of Europe.

Thanks to his key role in the establishment of the ECSC, Schuman is now ranked among the 'founding fathers' of Europe - and with good reason. The ECSC was the first in a series of supranational European organisations that would ultimately become the European Union we now know. Schuman's guiding principles were community, solidarity and cooperation, and he was careful to point out that "Europe [would] not be made all at once, or according to a single plan", but would rather be "built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity".

With this in mind, the Council Library has compiled a Library Guide relating to the Schuman Declaration, bringing together a wide range of books and articles accessible via Eureka or available at the Council libraries. Through these resources, the reader will be able to learn more about Schuman's own background, follow the international events that paved the way to his pioneering plan and gain insight into its enduring influence on EU policies and institutions today.

Links to EU treaty guides

These Library Guides provide access to relevant and authoritative information and resources about EU Treaties. This includes books, articles, databases, websites, podcasts, videos and EU publications.
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris brought about the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) with members Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
The Treaty of Rome
The Treaty of Rome, or Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, was signed on 25 March 1957 and entered into force on 1 January 1958.
The Maastricht Treaty
The Maastricht Treaty, officially the Treaty on European Union, was signed by 12 countries in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, and entered into force on 1 November 1993.
The Treaty of Nice
The Treaty of Nice was signed on 26 February 2001 and entered into force on 1 February 2003. It aimed to prepare the EU for its biggest enlargement - with 10 new member states in 2004 and with two more in 2007.
The Lisbon Treaty
On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force. It was signed two years earlier by the leaders of the member states of the European Union.

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