INTEGRATION OF THE MARSHALL PLAN IN WESTERN EUROPE
INTEGRATION OF THE MARSHALL PLAN IN WESTERN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: Looking at the European Union today, we find that it is an economic, social and political entity under construction, the result of a process started more than five decades ago. Then the economic and socio-political situation of Western European countries was disastrous. This has called for radical measures to be taken to maintain the peace and stability gained in the World War. The large number of victims and the economic stagnation recorded by the European countries during the Second World War forced radical measures to be taken immediately in order to survive. After World War II, in a Europe ravaged by the physical and moral damages caused by the war, a series of projects and strategies emerged to lead to the reconstruction of the European economy. At their core lies the generous and pragmatic idea of removing the damage caused by the war through the joint effort of the European countries.

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