The political community of the 1950’s that France had persuaded its five European partners to accept was supposed to absorb both the European Coal and Steel Community and the EDC. It was to have both diplomatic and military powers, as well as a legislative assembly much like today’s European Parliament – just as the 2005 EU constitutional plan would have extended the European Parliament’s powers and created a European minister of foreign affairs.
1950年代，法国劝说其五个伙伴接受的政治共同体本来应该吸纳欧洲煤钢共同体和EDC。它本应同时具备外交和军事权力，以及一个与今天的欧洲议会相似的立法会议—正如2005年欧盟宪法计划本应该扩展欧洲议会的权力，并设立欧洲外交部长那样。