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EU Pioneers
Find out about Johan Willem Beyen, the Dutch banker, businessman and politician who drew up the plan for a European common market and customs union Joseph Bech Find out about Joseph Bech, the foreign minister of Luxembourg who worked on the Benelux Customs Union and supported greater European integration
History of the European Union 1945-59
History of the EU - 1945-59 ... European politicians begin the process of building what we know today as the European Union. The European Coal and Steel Community, founded in 1951, is the first step in securing a lasting peace. ... (EEC) and a new era of ever-closer cooperation in Europe. This period, however, also sees the emergence of a ...