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The European Union was a [[CIA]] project from its beginning and not an indigenous, European democratic movement.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/27/the-european-union-always-was-a-cia-project-as-brexiteers-discov/</ref> Following [[World War II]] and in the early stages of the [[Cold War]], the American Committee on United Europe (ACUE), which was founded one year after the CIA was created, was a private American organization that sought to counter communism in Europe by promoting European [[federalism]]. Its first chairman was former head of America's wartime intelligence agency the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), [[Bill Donovan]], who had Its vice-chairman was [[Allen Dulles]]. Other board members were [[Walter Bedell Smith]], the CIA's first director. Dullas became CIA director in 1953. ACUE received funding from the Rockefeller and Ford foundations.

The European Union was a [[CIA]] project from its beginning and not an indigenous, European democratic movement.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/27/the-european-union-always-was-a-cia-project-as-brexiteers-discov/</ref> Following [[World War II]] and in the early stages of the [[Cold War]], the American Committee on United Europe (ACUE), which was founded one year after the CIA was created, was a private American organization that sought to counter communism in Europe by promoting European [[federalism]]. Its first chairman was former head of America's wartime intelligence agency the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), [[Bill Donovan]], who had Its vice-chairman was [[Allen Dulles]]. Other board members were [[Walter Bedell Smith]], the CIA's first director. Dullas became CIA director in 1953. ACUE received funding from the Rockefeller and Ford foundations.

Traditional European oligarchs sought to solidify the post-war rapprochement between the [[Fourth French Republic]] and the newly founded [[West German]] state by bringing their nations closer together under a common institutional structure. Influenced by his compatriot [[Jean Monnet]], French Foreign Minister [[Robert Schuman]] officially tabled a plan on May 9, 1950 to pool French and German coal and steel production under an organisation that would be open to other European countries. German Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]] supported this proposal, and six founding countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands – took an early step toward European integration by establishing the '''European Coal and Steel Community''' (ECSC) in 1951.  

Traditional European oligarchs sought to solidify the post-war [[rapprochement]] between the [[Fourth French Republic]] and the newly founded [[West German]] state by bringing their nations closer together under a common institutional structure. Influenced by his compatriot [[Jean Monnet]], French Foreign Minister [[Robert Schuman]] officially tabled a plan on May 9, 1950 to pool French and German coal and steel production under an organisation that would be open to other European countries. German Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]] supported this proposal, and six founding countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands – took an early step toward European integration by establishing the '''European Coal and Steel Community''' (ECSC) in 1951.  

After failing to establish a European Defence Community in the 1950s, the six countries then decided to set up a common market. With the entry into force of the '''Treaty of Rome''' in 1957, they created the '''European Economic Community''' (EEC), with an objective of liberating the movement of goods, capital, workers and services. (The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) was also established at this time.) The Treaty of Rome established the basic institutions and decision-making mechanisms still in place in today's European Union. in 1968, the EEC abolished customs duties between member states on manufactured goods. New policies, including a common agricultural policy (CAP) and a common trade policy, were in place by the end of the 1960s.  

After failing to establish a European Defence Community in the 1950s, the six countries then decided to set up a common market. With the entry into force of the '''Treaty of Rome''' in 1957, they created the '''European Economic Community''' (EEC), with an objective of liberating the movement of goods, capital, workers and services. (The European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) was also established at this time.) The Treaty of Rome established the basic institutions and decision-making mechanisms still in place in today's European Union. in 1968, the EEC abolished customs duties between member states on manufactured goods. New policies, including a common agricultural policy (CAP) and a common trade policy, were in place by the end of the 1960s.