The European parliament originally was founded in the former German city of Straßburg in 1952. Straßburg had been formally incorporated into the French First Republic in 1792, taken back by [[Bismarck]] in 1871, returned to France by the [[Versailles Treaty]] in 1919, recouped by [[Hitler]] in 1940, and returned to the French Fourth Republic by the Angelo-American Alliance after [[World War II]].
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The European parliament originally was founded in the former German city of Straßburg in 1952. Straßburg had been formally incorporated into the French First Republic in 1792, taken back by [[Bismarck]] in 1871, returned to France by the [[Versailles Treaty]] in 1919, recouped by [[Hitler]] in 1940, and returned to the French Fourth Republic by the Angelo-American Alliance after [[World War II]].
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The EU parliamrnt originally was founded by the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) to insure German [[coal]] production from the [[Rhineland]], [[Saar]], and [[Ruhr]] would continue to fuel French manufacturing and electric power plants, and would not be cut off again to strangle the French [[econony]] as it had been in two world wars over the city of Straßburg and province of [[Alsace]]. The [[CIA]] encouraged