Editing Konrad Adenauer (section)

==== Advocacy for European Coal and Steel Community ====
At the [[Petersberg Agreement]] in November 1949 he achieved some of the first concessions granted by the Allies, such as a decrease in the number of factories to be dismantled, but in particular his agreement to join the [[International Authority for the Ruhr]] led to heavy criticism. In the following debate in parliament Adenauer stated:
:<blockquote>''The Allies have told me that dismantling would be stopped only if I satisfy the Allied desire for security, does the Socialist Party want dismantling to go on to the bitter end?''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110131043551/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,805208,00.html A Good European] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' 5 December 1949</ref>{{sfn|Schwarz|1995|p=450}}</blockquote>
The opposition leader [[Kurt Schumacher]] responded by labeling Adenauer "Chancellor of the Allies", accusing Adenauer of putting good relations with the West for the sake of the Cold War ahead of German national interests.

After a year of negotiations, the [[Treaty of Paris (1951)|Treaty of Paris]] was signed on 18 April 1951 establishing the [[European Coal and Steel Community]]. The treaty was unpopular in Germany where it was seen as a French attempt to take over German industry.{{sfn|Schwarz|1995|p=608}} The treaty conditions were favorable to the French, but for Adenauer, the only thing that mattered was European integration.{{sfn|Schwarz|1995|p=612}} Adenauer was keen to see Britain join the European Coal and Steel Community as he believed the more free-market British would counterbalance the influence of the more [[Dirigisme|''dirigiste'']] French, and to achieve that purpose he visited London in November 1951 to meet with Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]].{{sfn|Schwarz|1995|pp=612–613}} Churchill said Britain would not join the European Coal and Steel Community because doing so would mean sacrificing relations with the U.S. and Commonwealth.{{sfn|Schwarz|1995|p=613}}