フランスのローマ条約受諾 : 対独競争の視点から
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Postwar French economic policy toward West Germany shifted from hostility to cooperation. However, fear of German competition was not easy for France to overcome, and remained an obstacle to the development of the Franco-German economic relationship. To wipe away the fear, France needed to become more industrially competitive. To this end, France carried out a modernization policy that exposed domestic industry to competition, while maintaining a degree of protection. At first, France was reluctant to join the Common Market for fear that it would become a framework for free competition without any protection. Therefore, France insisted at negotiations on the Treaty of Rome that the Common Market should be accompanied by the harmonization of charges sociales. This demand was only partly accepted, but France also won the right to maintain protective measures which had been condemned by members of the OEEC. Faced with the proposal to form a free trade area which emerged in the OEEC during the negotiations, France was forced to make a compromise for fear that Germany might quit the Common Market. The presence of Britain as a buffer against German competition was attractive, but Franco-British cooperation could not help France improve her competitiveness. Hence France's concern to gain acceptance for some protective policies in the Common Market. Ultimately the Treaty of Rome satisfied French demands, eased French fear of competition, and helped develop Franco-German economic cooperation.
- 政治経済学・経済史学会の論文
- 2002-10-20