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===European parliamentary elections===
===European parliamentary elections===
The European parliament was founded in the former German city of Strasbourg in 1952. Strasbourg 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]].
The European parliament 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]].
The EU parliament originally was founded as the Common Assembly of 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 coal burning electrical power plants,<ref>For more background on the issues and controversies, see [[Henry_Morgenthau,_Jr.#Morgenthau_plan|Morgenthau Plan]].</ref> and that coal production 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 parliament originally was founded as the Common Assembly of 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 coal burning electrical power plants,<ref>For more background on the issues and controversies, see [[Henry_Morgenthau,_Jr.#Morgenthau_plan|Morgenthau Plan]].</ref> and that coal production 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.