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| 1951 |
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| The population of France in 1951 was 42 million. | 1 |
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| Feb. 28 |
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| The cabinet of René Pleven resigned, and Henri Queuille formed a coalition cabinet (March 10). | 2 |
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| April 18 |
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| France signed the Schuman Plan Treaty providing for the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. | 3 |
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| May 24 |
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| The French National Assembly was dissolved. A general election held June 17 gave the Communist Party 26.5 percent of the popular vote and the Rally of the French People 21.7 percent. In the Chamber of Deputies, however, the RPF won 118 seats to 103 for the Communists. | 4 |
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| July 10 |
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| The Queuille cabinet resigned, and René Pleven again constructed a ministry (Aug. 11). | 5 |
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| Dec. 13 |
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| The French Assembly approved the Schuman Plan Treaty. Five days later (Dec. 18), Premier Pleven and Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that France and Britain would support the Schuman Plan, the proposals for a European army, and the ideal of European unity. | 6 |
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