foreign policy

• Oct 1949 West Germany joined organisation for European economic Co-operation (OEEC) and gained marshall aid
• April 1951 West Germany joined European Coal and Steel community (ECSC); enabled better relations as Franco-German production was under common authority
• 1957 West Germany signed Treaty of Rome which establed European economic community EEC, later the EU
• 1957 West Germany joined European atomic energy community a sign of trust
• Council of Europe established 1948; Adenauer joined and stated 'we belong to the west, Not Soviet Russia'
• Nato established 1949, WG joined 1955
• Adenauer ignored 1953 june uprising