Saar Statute

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The Saar Statute was a post–World War II international agreement that proposed turning the Saar territory into a European-administered region, a plan ultimately rejected in the 1955 Saar status referendum.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement ⓘ
post–World War II treaty arrangement ⓘ
aimedTo internationalize the Saar territory ⓘ
remove Saar from exclusive German or French sovereignty ⓘ
cameToPublicVoteOn 23 October 1955 ⓘ
concerns Saar territory ⓘ
Saarland ⓘ
geopoliticalPurpose stabilization of Franco-German border ⓘ
strengthening Western European integration ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Saar Statut ⓘ
linked to: Saar Statute

Statute on the European Saar Territory ⓘ
linked to: Saar Statute
historicalContext Cold War ⓘ
post-war occupation of Germany ⓘ
influenced return of Saar to Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
intendedAdministeringBody European institutions created by Paris Agreements ⓘ
Western European Union ⓘ
languageOfNegotiation French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalEffectAfterReferendum did not enter into force ⓘ
linkedTo Franco-German reconciliation ⓘ
Paris Agreements ⓘ
Western European Union ⓘ
negotiatedBy Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: West Germany

French Republic ⓘ
partOf post-war Franco-German Saar question ⓘ
predecessorTo Saar Treaty of 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Saar Treaty
proposedStatus European territory under Western European Union control ⓘ
European-administered territory ⓘ
rejectedBy Saarlanders ⓘ
voters of the Saar territory ⓘ
rejectedOn 23 October 1955 ⓘ
rejectionPercentageNoVote approximately 67 percent ⓘ
rejectionPercentageYesVote approximately 33 percent ⓘ
relatedTo Saar Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Saarland

Saar Treaty ⓘ
Saar status referendum ⓘ
signedOn 1954 ⓘ
status rejected in referendum ⓘ
territorialScope Saar Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Saarland
wasResultOf Franco-German negotiations ⓘ
London Conference of 1954 ⓘ
Paris Agreements of 1954 ⓘ
post–World War II settlement in Western Europe ⓘ
wasSubjectOf 1955 Saar status referendum ⓘ
wouldHaveEstablished European Commissioner for the Saar ⓘ
wouldHaveEstablished special European statute for Saar ⓘ
wouldHaveGuaranteed political autonomy of Saar under European control ⓘ
wouldHaveMaintained economic union of Saar with France ⓘ

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Saar Statute → hasAlternativeName → Saar Statut ⓘ
linked to: Saar Statute
Saar Statute → hasAlternativeName → Statute on the European Saar Territory ⓘ
linked to: Saar Statute
Saar Treaty → legalPredecessor → Saar Statute ⓘ