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The Treaties and the Institutions of the European Union

In: Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA

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  • Antonio Piccinini
  • Margaret Loseby

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At the end of the Second World War in 1945 economic recovery in Europe was hindered by obstacles which would have proved impossible to overcome if faced by each single state on its own. George Marshall, the American Secretary of State, perceived the need for a wider and more effective approach to the aid which the United States destined to Europe, and drew up the European Recovery Program, a plan which is known in history as the Marshall Plan, inviting European countries to prepare a scheme for the distribution of aid and integration of their economies. A Conference on European Economic Cooperation was called, in which seventeen states took part.1 This Conference enabled a programme of recovery to be launched, which aimed at a rapid increase in production. The Marshall Plan was successful and permitted the participating countries to reduce their debts with third countries and no longer to depend on American aid. The

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  • Antonio Piccinini & Margaret Loseby, 2001. "The Treaties and the Institutions of the European Union," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA, chapter 3, pages 32-47, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59715-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230597150_3
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