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          The 
              ratification of the Treaty of Paris - Treaty establishing the European 
              Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - was reached without major obstacles 
              in most of the six signatory states. Only the Comunist Party was 
              opposed to the funding of the European Coal and Steel Community, 
              which interpreted it as being an American imperialist instrument 
              conducting to a new war and as a way of deepen the conflict between 
              West and East. In some Countries also Socialist (Belgium) and Social 
              Democrats (Germany) MPs rejected the project and in France, the 
              Gaullists had many reservations about the supranational character 
              of the High Authority.  
              After Ratification in all six signatory states, the Treaty of Paris 
              came into force on 25 July 1952.  
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      Ratification 
        in Belgium* 
      Ratification 
        in France* 
      Ratification 
        in Germany* 
      Ratification 
        in Italy*  
      Ratification 
        in Luxembourg* 
      Ratification 
        in Netherlands* 
      
        
        
        
        
        
       
        *The 
        data has been reproduced from the European NAvigator designed 
        and developed by CVCE – Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe. 
       
       
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