The EU parliament originally was founded as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) to ensure German [[coal]] production from the [[Rhineland]], [[Saar]], and [[Ruhr]] would continue to fuel French coal-burning electrical power plants,<ref>For more background on the issues and controversies, see [[Henry Morgenthau, Jr.#Morgenthau plan|Morgenthau Plan]].</ref> you know, the guys who were destroying the planet with carbon emissions. The purpose was to ensure that German 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 ensure German [[coal]] production from the [[Rhineland]], [[Saar]], and [[Ruhr]] would continue to fuel French coal-burning electrical power plants,<ref>For more background on the issues and controversies, see [[Henry Morgenthau, Jr.#Morgenthau plan|Morgenthau Plan]].</ref> you know, the guys who were destroying the planet with carbon emissions. The purpose was to ensure that German 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. |