After the war, what next for Europe? (CM n° 250)

After the victory against Nazism, and to counter Soviet expansion, the United States decided to provide assistance to the European countries. By stimulating growth, the Marshall Plan was to encourage the first steps of European cooperation.

Seventy years ago, on 26 June 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco. This founding text of the new international institution joined by 51 countries was designed to ensure world peace and security after World War II.

Doctor of History, researcher at ESPE Aix-Marseille and member of the teaching team at the Master of European Studies at Aix-Marseille University, Mauve Carbonell talks about the reasons that led to the resurrection of the European idea after World War II.