Monnet Plan

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This article deals with the 1945-47 plan of the immediate post-war period. For the Monnet plan of 1950, see European Coal and Steel Community.

The Monnet plan was proposed by French bureaucrat Jean Monnet after the end of World War II. It was a reconstruction plan for France that proposed giving France control over the German coal and steel areas of the Ruhr area and Saar and using these resources to bring France to 150% of pre-war industrial production. The plan was adopted by Charles de Gaulle in early 1946. The plan would permanently limit Germany's industrial capacity. It would also ensure the use of Germany's resources for European reconstruction.

In 1947 France removed the Saar from Germany and turned it into a protectorate under French economic control. The area returned to German administration in 1957, but France retained the right to mine from its coal mines until 1981.

[edit] See also

• Morgenthau Plan
• Bakker-Schut Plan
• Marshall Plan
• The industrial plans for Germany
• European Coal and Steel Community

[edit] External links

• French proposal regarding the detachment of German industrial regions September 8, 1945
• Ruhr Delegation of the United States of America, Council of Foreign Ministers American Embassy Moscow, March 24, 1947
• The Marshall Plan, 1948-1951 Albrecht Ritschl, Humboldt Universitaet – Berlin
• William I. Hitchcock. France Restored: Cold War Diplomacy and the Quest for Leadership in Europe, 1944-1954 Reviewed by Sean Kennedy, University of New Brunswick.
• Challenging the United States: French Foreign Policy 1944 - 1948 Good overview, but very large file.
• France, Germany and the Struggle for the War-making Natural Resources of the Rhineland Describes the contest over the centuries.