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> ... was arguably forced by two major wars... You may want to read more about the impetus behind the formation of the EU, in particular its origins in the Eur

• 1123581321 7y ago
  Thank you; that link further corroborates that the EU has its origins in (the re-emergence of) peace-time prosperity and between fully capable nations. There was no risk of a war between Germany and France when the ECSC was proposed.
  • pintxo 7y ago
    There might have been no imminent risk of war been present at the very beginning of what we call today the EU. But the history of repeated wars in Europe is surely one of the largest drivers behind all of it [1]. The ECSC was founded in 1951 [2], that is just 6 years after the end of WW2! > Determined to prevent another such terrible war, European governments concluded that pooling coal and steel production would – in the words of the Declaration – make war between historic rivals France and Germany "not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible". [3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Europaea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Europaea [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Commun... [3] https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/symbols/europe-day/schuman-declaration_en https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/symbols/europe-day...