WORLD HISTORY

POST COLD WAR WORLD

INTEGRATION OF EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was the main purpose of forming the European Economic Community?
A
To stabilize and revitalize the economies after World War II
B
To prevent Russian invasion
C
To help in winters
D
To open the borders to immigration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Marshall Plan was a U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive in the aftermath of World War II. It was formally called the European Recovery Program.

Detailed explanation-2: -The EEC was designed to create a common market among its members through the elimination of most trade barriers and the establishment of a common external trade policy. The treaty also provided for a common agricultural policy, which was established in 1962 to protect EEC farmers from agricultural imports.

Detailed explanation-3: -The aims of the European Union within its borders are: promote peace, its values and the well-being of its citizens. offer freedom, security and justice without internal borders, while also taking appropriate measures at its external borders to regulate asylum and immigration and prevent and combat crime.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marshall, for whom it was named, it was crafted as a four-year plan to reconstruct cities, industries and infrastructure heavily damaged during the war and to remove trade barriers between European neighbors-as well as foster commerce between those countries and the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -First proposed to end the war between France and Germany, the ECSC was the first organization that unified members in Europe, making its formation the first step towards the European Union. The ECSC created a common market in Europe for coal and steel trading and encouraged peace in Europe at the same time.

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