Modified Brussels Treaty

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The Modified Brussels Treaty is the 1954 agreement that restructured and expanded the original 1948 Brussels Treaty, creating the Western European Union as a framework for European collective defense and security cooperation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective security arrangement
defence agreement
international treaty
aimsTo integrate West Germany into Western defence structures
strengthen Western European defence
alsoKnownAs Modified Brussels Treaty of 1954
linked to: Treaty of Brussels

Paris Agreements (defence component)
created Western European Union
dateSigned 1954-10-23
enteredIntoForce 1955-05-06
establishes mutual defence clause
expands Brussels Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Brussels
follows Brussels Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Brussels
frameworkFor European security cooperation
hasClause collective defence obligation in case of armed attack in Europe
hasParty Belgium
France
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
West Germany
hasPurpose European collective defence
security cooperation in Western Europe
historicalPeriod Cold War
inForce true
language English
French
legalBasisFor Western European Union Assembly
Western European Union Council
placeSigned Paris
providesFor collective self-defence
consultation on security matters
region Western Europe
relatedTo Brussels Treaty
linked to: Treaty of Brussels

North Atlantic Treaty
Western European Union
restructures Brussels Treaty
signatoryState Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany

French Republic
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
linked to: Luxembourg

Italian Republic
Kingdom of Belgium
linked to: Belgium

Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
subjectMatter European integration
collective security
defence policy

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Western European Union legalBasis Modified Brussels Treaty
Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union follows Brussels Treaty (Modified Brussels Treaty) framework
linked to: Modified Brussels Treaty
Treaty of Brussels amendedBy Modified Brussels Treaty
Treaty of Brussels predecessorOf Modified Brussels Treaty