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 [[economy]] as it had been in two world wars over the city of Straßburg and province of Alsace. | 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 [[economy]] as it had been in two world wars over the city of Straßburg and province of Alsace. |