A NEUTRAL GERMANY
Opposition In France (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MARSEILLES, May 22. The French Minister of Justice, Mr Robert Schuman today rejected outright any neutralisation of Germany—a policy which he said would mean the neutralisation of Western Europe. Mr Schuman, a former Prime Minister and the “father” of the European Coal and Steel Community, was speaking during the foreign affairs debate on the last flay of the Popular Republican Party (M.R.P.) Congress. “The neutralisation of Germany would be incompatible with the Atlantic Community,” he said. Neutralisation of Germany would mean the abandonment of all that had been done for Western defence east of the Rhine, Mr Schuman declared. His call to the congress to support • “European” policy was emphasised by other speakers. Mr Ceorges Bidault, a former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, also came out strongly against any idea of German neutralisation. He criticised the neutralisation of Austria, because, in the event of war, lines of communication between Germany and Northern Italy would be stretched to 650 miles instead of merely the length of the Brenner Pass. In a final resolution the congress condemned any neutralism which was likely to weaken the free world.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27666, 24 May 1955, Page 13
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194A NEUTRAL GERMANY Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27666, 24 May 1955, Page 13
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