Europe year 0: building european system, taking off Europe from hobbesianism

In 1949 Council of Europe represented a great
step towards european unity 

In 1947 United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the Treaty of London creating Western European Union (WEU). WEU was the first european organisation in history being a defensive agreement and a promise for colaboration in economic, social and cultural aspects. 

One year later in 1948 United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland,, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Turkey builded European Organization for Economic Cooperation in order to achieve economic recovery overcoming World War II tragic effects. It served to draw Europe's postwar map formed by Western Europe, Greece (the only country of Eastern Europe able to defeat communism winning the right to be part of european system) and Turkey (eastern pivot destined to cover, counterbalance and protect Europe against USSR). Eastern Europe countries dominated by totalitarian communist regimes satellized by USSR, fascist Spain and neutral Finland were keep out from this new map of Europe draw by the United States. 

In 1949 United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Portugal builded North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) creating another military alliance aimed to guarantee US european defence against any threat against the continent. Also in this year United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Denmark, Norway and Sweden builded Council of Europe aimed to promote all ideas linked with a greater sense of european unity and harmony. COE represented a very important step towards European building process because it was the very first european organisation vested with a certain loose sense of supranationality. For the very first time in history there was a somewhat permanent european structure with regular meetings formed by a government and a parliamentary body.