... history, the majority of tensions have primarily been between Germany and France, dating back to the Napoleonic War of the early 19th Century, and followed by the Franco-German War of 1870, and the two World Wars of the 20th Century. The root of much tension had been over the Alsace Lorraine region of France that was economically beneficial to its occupier. At the end of World War II, the immediate establishment of the League of Nations (1946), which later became the ... -stone he lay down in 1950. It would be extremely difficult to predict the long-term situation for the EU and Europe g...

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