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* '''[[European Defence Community]]''': The EDC was a defence community proposed in the 1950s soon after the creation of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]]. The founding treaty failed to be ratified and so the project was abandoned.
* '''[[Western European Union]]''': The WEU was created after the failure of the EDC, an an organisation composed of those state members of both NATO and EU. Partially dormant, its tasks have been in part transferred to the EU. It's not yet certain whether the WEU will remain an independent organisation or be eventually fully merged into the EU.
 
[[Category:European Union]]