This French leader made a famous speech on May 9, 1950, putting forward ideas for bringing a lasting peace to Europe and eventually to what is now the European Union.
Robert Schuman
France, Germany, and other European countries were encouraged to work together to manage the production of these two products in order to learn cooperation and not make war.
coal and steel
Sometimes countries give up some control of their own affairs to work together on goals they all share. This is a form of
supranational cooperation.