In the 1950s, when Europe had just eased from the battlefield of World War II, it faced new challenges, and both industry and the economy faced recovery problems. At that time, the relationship between Britain and France was fairly good. When French Prime Minister Guy Moller visited the United Kingdom, he proposed to the British Prime Minister to merge the two countries into a stronger country. At that time, this proposal was very beneficial to Britain. If France joins the British Commonwealth, France will accept the rule of the British Queen and become the most important member of the British Commonwealth.
But after that this matter ceased, why? Because Britain rejected the French proposal. But it's not easy to reject the request of France directly. It can only be delayed again and again, and everyone knows it well over time. The culture of the European region is a typical industrial and commercial culture. To put it simply, it is through value exchange to achieve the goal. This method is different from war, which is a barbaric way of occupying territory and plundering resources. Throughout the history of Europe, the period of division accounted for almost the majority, and the period of unity was rare.
For example, as the birthplace of European civilization, ancient Greece itself was composed of multiple city-states, and it has not been able to form a unified country. After , the Roman Empire dominated the Mediterranean, but unfortunately it failed to complete the unification of Europe. From the perspective of the United Kingdom, if after occupying a place, the management costs are more than the benefits, then of course they are not willing to eat this piece of cake. In the end, Britain did not accept France. It was also fully discussed and demonstrated. The fundamental reason was still from an economic perspective.
Although the economic conditions of both countries were very bad at that time,But compared to Britain, the situation in France is even worse. If you accept a country worse than yourself at this time, you will undoubtedly have to dedicate part of your strength to help them. I believe that it is not just the United Kingdom. Any country will not choose to agree to such a thing.
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