An Eastern Schuman Plan?

Project of Central and East European Coal and Steel and Political Community (1953)

Vladimír Goněc

Masaryk University, Brno 2009

An Eastern Schuman Plan?

Název česky:
Východní Schumanův plán? Projekt Středoevropského společenství uhlí a oceli a politického společenství (1953)

Anotace česky:
Vnitřní kořeny procesu ekonomické a politické integrace ve střední Evropě. Konfrontace západoevropských inspirací a středoevropských kořenů u činitelů československého, polského a maďarského exilu po 1948. Syntetický projekt Středoevropského společenství uhlí a oceli, připravený pod vedením Jana Wszelaki (1953). Projekt Středoevropské federace Huberta Ripky (1953). Ozvěny diskuse v letech 1954-1957.

CONTENTS

Introduction
Internal roots in Central Europe or A long prelude
Quest for new formulas at the turn of 19th and 20th century
Transformations after the WW I
Exile during the WW II and the "new Central Europe"
Changes immediately after the war
Confrontation of West European inspirationsMand Central European roots after 1948
New exile after 1947/1948
Conference on East Central Europe at Westminster
New dimension in discussion between Raczyński and Ripka
First economic analyses and programmes for Central East Europe
New start?
Direct prelude to "Eastern Schuman Plan"
Synthetic project Central and East European Coal and Steel Community, prepared by Jan Wszelaki's team
Reason for specific integration model in East Central Europe
The relation between the length of "waiting for liberation" ad the character of subsequent economic transformation
Specific sucession of sectored integration
Agriculture
Transportation
Not only steel and coal community
Revision of usable resources
Core of CEECSC and next-door neighbours
Relation between CEECSC and ECSC
Conclusion
Hubert Ripka's project on the establishing of Central European federation
Motivation
Geographical setting of Central European federation
How to build the mechanism and institutions of Central European federation?
Crossing the limits of traditionalist federation. Combination of supra-national and inter-governmental organs
Draft of the structure of federal organs
Echoes of the discussion
Instead of conclusion
Name Index