<P> The European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC ) was an organisation of 6 European countries set up after World War II to regulate their industrial production under a centralised authority . It was formally established in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris , signed by Belgium , France , West Germany , Italy , the Netherlands and Luxembourg . The ECSC was the first international organisation to be based on the principles of supranationalism , and started the process of formal integration which ultimately led to the European Union . </P>
<P> The European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC ) was an organisation of 6 European countries set up after World War II to regulate their industrial production under a centralised authority . It was formally established in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris , signed by Belgium , France , West Germany , Italy , the Netherlands and Luxembourg . The ECSC was the first international organisation to be based on the principles of supranationalism , and started the process of formal integration which ultimately led to the European Union . </P>
what group laid the foundation for the european union
what group laid the foundation for the european union
European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC )
European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC )