WORLD HISTORY

POST COLD WAR WORLD

INTEGRATION OF EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did some European countries want to join supranational organizations after World War II?
A
By banding together, countries could distribute natural resources equally among member nations.
B
By banding together, countries could improve communication with each other.
C
By banding together, smaller countries could combine their power and resources to combat the spread and influence of the Soviet Union.
D
By banding together, smaller countries could pressure the Soviet Union to abandon communism.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A supranational organization offers a way to set international rules governing the affairs of nations, with an eye to preventing conflicts. Countries that are members of supranational organizations such as the EU and World Trade Organization agree to cede sovereignty on some issues to the group.

Detailed explanation-2: -For several, particularly small countries that had been poorly governed, the prospect of joining an economic union was also an anchor for modernising their underlying institutions. Economic cooperation under a common framework is a way of upgrading governance structures.

Detailed explanation-3: -The EU has been called a supra-national organization because it resembles both an international organization and a nation. It exercises some of the powers of sovereignty that have been voluntarily relinquished to it by its members.

Detailed explanation-4: -Western Europe hoped to reclaim its place on the international stage by uniting the peoples of Europe. Pro-European movements, some of which originated in the Resistance, moved into action and vigorously promoted the idea of European unification.

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