Disagreements, arguments, co-optations, and inducements, as previously speculated, the four-day first world nuclear summit became a stage for great power competition. Nominally, there is a basic consensus on the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons, but the elaboration and signing of the convention is still a long way off due to the lack of consensus on issues such as the management of nuclear experts, nuclear technology control, supervision of nuclear facilities and the destruction of nuclear weapons. Leaders with different intentions to hold a second summit in four months, wishing to weaken potential rivals, competitors wanting to draw an equal starting line, and weaker countries not wanting to be slaughtered at will.

After the nuclear weapons summit, Lynn did not return home directly, but met with French Prime Minister Robert Brown. Schumann's private invitation to go on vacation to Nice. Leaving London, the old and solid "Aunt Juncker" carried Lynn and his small staff from north to south across mainland France, eventually reaching the warm shores of the Mediterranean. In Nice, although they were not warmly welcomed, they were not attacked by rotten eggs and stones. At the root of things, France and Germany, two European neighbors, have left more hatred for each other than any other country, and their location by a strip of water has made their relations very careful in each administration. Lynn and Schumann had never met before the summit, and the former had not been involved in the invasion of France, while the latter, who was born in Lorraine and was a German national in his early years, and whose accession to France with Alsace-Lorraine in 1919 allowed them to communicate privately without hindrance. Considering that France had already taken a large amount of wealth, materials, and machinery from Germany in 1945 as war reparations, and that it had later fought side by side against the Soviet Union in the East-West War, the hostility caused by World War II had faded, and that France and Germany had much in common in terms of status quo and goals. At this stage, they were all committed to reviving the war-torn industrial economy, militarily, France no longer regarded Germany as an imaginary enemy, the French army was built up against the invincible Soviet army on land and the restless independence activists in the colonies of Southeast Asia, and Germany's defense focus was also on the east. [Read the novel to get there~] Because there is a consensus in many aspects, Robert. While in London, Schumann tried to "sell" his idea of the European Federation of Industry to Lynn (as the "Father of Europe" in history). Robert. Schumann made a very important contribution to the process of European integration).

Since it is a European Industrial Union, France and Germany alone are not enough to provoke the main beam, and the invitation to Nice is also accepted by Italian Prime Minister Alcid. Gasberry, Dutch Prime Minister Willem Murphy. Driss, Belgian Prime Minister Gaston. Isgens, Luxembourg Prime Minister Pierre. Covers. These traditional European countries are far from each other in terms of area, population, military and other data indicators, but their pre-war industrial or economic and trade strength can be classified as great powers. Steel alone. Before the war, except for Germany, with an annual steel output of 23 million tons, France's 8 million tons, Belgium's 4 million tons, Luxembourg's 2.5 million tons and Italy's 1.7 million tons were relatively close, while the Netherlands was Europe's leading financial and trade country.

In terms of pre-war industrial strength, Germany had an incomparable advantage among these six countries, but the prolonged war and ruthless plunder caused this traditional industrial power to lose more than 90 percent of its industrial facilities, and only solid technical ideas, excellent skilled workers and inherent industrial resources were preserved. The situation in France was relatively good, but the stagnation of the Second World War and the slow development of the four years after the war did not allow France's current industrial output to return to its pre-war levels. Moreover, most of the industrial assembly lines are outdated, and the products mainly meet part of the needs of the country, and lack of competitiveness in the international market; Italy's situation is similar to that of France, where the economic and industrial recovery in the four years after the war was slow, and the unemployment rate of workers led to social unrest, and the country was flooded with high-quality and cheap American goods, and it was difficult for domestic industry to compete with it. As for the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and other small and medium-sized countries in Western Europe, their local economies were greatly affected during World War II. In the absence of a strong infusion of funds, the recovery is not ideal. …,

Everyone picks up the flames, and everyone understands this simple truth. However, when it comes to the level of countries, cooperation is not as simple as a few people working together to lift things. Shortly after the end of the largest and most tragic war in human history, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg were still hostile to the aggressors, and the industrial structures, standards, and enterprise conditions of each country were also uneven, all of which created a real obstacle to the formation of transnational industrial alliances.

At the informal talks in Nice, the leaders proceeded from their national interests and weighed the overall environment in which the country finds themselves. Schumann's proposal for an alliance showed a certain interest. However, "poor" countries are more receptive to change, and countries that feel better about themselves are a different story. Italian Prime Minister Gasbelli listed a number of difficulties: the country's steel industry is extremely fragmented, there are widespread regional differences in product specifications, pricing policies and sales strategies, and once integrated, it will involve the increase or decrease of workers and the adjustment of salaries, all of which can cause great problems for the Italian government.

Despite the offensive attitude of the Italian prime minister, the attitude of the heads of state of the other three countries is also unclear. Lynn still feels that she has benefited a lot from her stay in Nice. He soon returned to Germany with the French's proposal to consult with Speer, a top adviser sent by the Imperial headquarters. From the perspective of Germany's industrial revival, the European Industrial Union is beneficial and harmless, and with the management level, technological content and national character of German enterprises, it will inevitably occupy a pivotal position in this alliance over time. While the Soviet Union is still extremely deterrent, a Europe that is economically, politically, and militarily integrated can play a greater role in exercising control, and this is also something that the United States and Britain are happy to see. However, the free empire entrenched in northern Europe has cast a cloud over Germany's future, and no one can be sure when and how the imperial power with hundreds of thousands of elite corps will return to Germany proper. If the two were taken together, the Reich's industrial facilities in northern Norway would give a valuable impetus to the reconstruction of Germany and have an immeasurable impact on the country's politics and military.

Lynn, who sat on the presidency, was far from being the real ruler of the country, and after consulting with Speer, he reported these matters in detail to the Imperial Headquarters, and at the same time, in accordance with the constitutional limits on the powers of the president, referred the proposals of the French government to the government cabinet. In Lynn's view, in normal times, the cabinet led by conservatives may not be willing to accept a Europeanized industrial union, but at this time, the German industrial economy is almost starting from scratch, and it is difficult for both the German government and financial institutions to provide sufficient construction funds in the short term.

After cabinet discussions, the opinions of some big entrepreneurs were consulted. Stocker decided to respond to the European Industrial Union plan proposed by French Prime Minister Schumann. With this important response, the French side formally put the alliance plan on the table, while Washington and Moscow also made diametrically opposed statements -- the US government believed that this move would improve the overall industrial efficiency of European countries and help alleviate the economic and social difficulties of various countries, while the Soviet Union believed that this move violated the terms of the armistice agreement that Western allies should not expand their territory to the east, and was a wrong move to rearm Western Europe and threaten the national security of the Soviet Union, and demanded that France stop this plan. In response to the protest of the Soviet Union, the French side explained through diplomatic channels, insisting that it was only a means for the European democracies to carry out industrial and economic mutual assistance, and proposed that the Soviet Union could also join this industrial alliance if the conditions were right. …,

In addition to the resistance from the Soviet side, the Italian government's announcement also poured cold water on the heads of the excited French, with Gasberry declaring that Italy would not risk the interests of its own steel companies and workers to participate in the so-called alliance, and that the Italian government had drawn up an ambitious industrial development plan to double to quadruple Italy's steel, electricity, automobile and ship production in the next ten years to fully meet the needs of southern and southeastern European countries. Although Belgium and Luxembourg did not refuse to join the industrial alliance, they expressed concern about the positive attitude of the German government, believing that once German industry recovers rapidly, it will not only intensify trade competition between countries, but also provide a material basis for Germany to rearmament, which will lead to the threat of war in Europe again.

Seeing that the European Industrial Union plan is about to be aborted due to obstacles from all sides, French Prime Minister Robert Brown. Schumann actively appealed, and the US Secretary of State also visited Belgium and other countries in Europe, while Britain, which has always resisted cooperation with the European Union of States, gave a tolerant silence. In this case, Luxembourg, the "steel powerhouse", was relieved, and the Dutch government also expressed its willingness to join the industrial alliance and use its own trade resources to help the alliance, while Hungary, another European country that was not invited at first, took the initiative to participate after learning of the industrial alliance plan. Although Hungary is a landlocked country dominated by agriculture and a defeated country in World War II, it also has some decent industrial infrastructure, and the Soviet army did not have time to carry out a comprehensive loot like in Germany before retreating, and currently retains 400,000 tons of steel production capacity, but Hungary itself lacks mineral resources, and the expansion of industrial scale must rely on resource imports.

After formal diplomatic consultations, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Rwanda took the lead in signing a framework agreement, deciding to unite the coal and steel industry sectors of European countries on the basis of the coal and steel industries of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, and to be jointly managed by a supranational high-level organization. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )