... economic integration to flourish? FRG Chancellor Konrad Adenauer saw economic integration as a step forward to a more important political integration. One of the characteristics of German nation building throughout the modern era is that political structures often followed the creation of economic institutions. It was easier at crucial points to develop authorities for economic exchange among the German subdivisions than to unite ... could commit himself to one side completely because national German interests and his own European policy approach would not allow him to do so. With the o...

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... the economies and governments of many countries. Sweden stayed as neutral as possible. This was the first time that Sweden really remained a neutral country during a war so close to its boundaries. They didn't help out either side with money or sending supplies and troops. They did commit one act that some countries called ... the German army march through their country and did nothing to stop them. If they had tried to stop them then they would have been entering the war. This proved to be a smart move because they didn't loose any money due to high wartime costs. Also they didn't end ...

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