# Treaty of Paris creates European Coal and Steel Community (1951)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1951-treaty-of-paris-creates-european-coal-and-steel-community
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

France joined the first supranational community that became a foundation of European integration. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Vincent Auriol (President of the French Republic). Treaty of Paris creates European Coal and Steel Community mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Treaty of Paris creates European Coal and Steel Community mattered because it reshaped France’s external relationships, territory or place in wider international systems.

Ruler at the time: [Vincent Auriol](https://history-france.com/rulers/vincent-auriol)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Treaty of Paris creates European Coal and Steel Community](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Treaty+of+Paris+creates+European+Coal+and+Steel+Community&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Treaty of Paris creates European Coal and Steel Community](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Treaty+of+Paris+creates+European+Coal+and+Steel+Community)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)