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But the current EU started after the second world war.
The entity considered the progenitor of EU is the European Coal and Steel community
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Commun...
This was peak cold war and US influence in Europe was non-neglible to say the least.
While the reporting around the subject is a bit hyperbolical, strong Washington backing was always a cornerstone of the project
https://web.archive.org/web/20220130132451/https://www.teleg...
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But the current EU started after the second world war.
The entity considered the progenitor of EU is the European Coal and Steel community
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Commun...
This was peak cold war and US influence in Europe was non-neglible to say the least.
While the reporting around the subject is a bit hyperbolical, strong Washington backing was always a cornerstone of the project
https://web.archive.org/web/20220130132451/https://www.teleg...