VI. B. Eastern Europe and the People’s Democracies
→ The people’s democracies around the USSR —the USSR sets up communist regimes in the Central European states (Romania in 1945, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland in 1947, Czechoslovakia in 1948 …
Category: History
V. C. France in the construction of Europe
→ Beginnings of European construction —the OEEC (Organization for European Economic Cooperation) was created following the Marshall Plan on April 16, 1948 —else Treaty on January 23, 1963, with Konrad …
VI. A. Construction of Western Europe
→ The concretization of a European idea —Winston Churchill’s speech (“We must erect something like the United States of Europe” in September 1946, Coudenhove-Kalergi launches the European Parliamentary Union, Hague …
IV. B. From economic crises to wars 1973-1996
→ The end of growth Oil shocks: —1st oil shock of 1973 (peak production in the United States and abandonment of the Bretton-Woods agreements, declaration of the embargo) —2nd oil …
IV. A. The world economy during the Trente Glorieuses
→ Growth in the world (1950–1973) —increase in world production of 5% on average per year —high birth rates and low mortality (baby boom) led to high consumption —increasing use …
III. B. Emergence of Third World countries
→ A third bloc is trying to form in the face of the developed countries Political Domain: —the UN serves as a forum —Bandung conference from April 18 to 24, …