[aspasia]

Few Americans realize how Washington helped create the EU, starting with the Marshall plan, all eager to get rid of nation states.

[MinorityRepublican]

Few Americans realize how Washington helped create the EU, starting with the Marshall plan, all eager to get rid of nation states.

It started as the European Coal and Steel Community. Actually, it was a good idea at the time.

[rxh4n1]

“Washington helped create the EU, starting with the Marshall plan”

Not exactly. The base for the EU was the Common Market, which was based on a French-German trade agreement made long after the Marshall Plan ended. We had nothing to do with it.