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The Ratification Debates

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In seeking a method of analysing the ratification debates and the statements of the six Governments upon the Schuman Plan Treaty, it had to be decided whether it would be better to proceed country by country, or to set side by side the views of the different countries on the topics that were discussed. The latter procedure has been adopted because it is felt that in such a Community as has been set up, the variety of views of the member States concerning particular points is more important than the particular country expressing them.

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Valentine, D.G. (1955). The Ratification Debates. In: The Court of Justice of the European Coal and Steel Community. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0927-5_2

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