Debates in the National Assembly on 30 August 1954

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On 28 August 1954, the debate on the European Defence Community (EDC) began in the French National Assembly. A preliminary motion to adjourn was proposed by those in favour of the the EDC. Its opponents countered this with a preliminary issue allowing rejection of the Treaty without any debate. Although Pierre Mendès France managed to get them to withdraw it, the next day a supporter of the EDC succeeded in presenting the preliminary issue once again.This provided for the intervention of two people representing the respective interests. The spokesman for the opponents was the ex-president of the Assembly, the radical Edouard Herriot. His contribution was the death warrant for the EDC.

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Source: Journal officiel de la République française. Débats Parlementaires. Assemblée nationale. 31.08.1954, n° 85 A.N. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. "Communauté européenne de défense", p. 4455-4474.

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