Marshall Plan is the folk name of European economic recovery plan. Because then US Secretary of State Marshall actively supported this plan and made a special speech for it, the world called it Marshall Plan, but in fact Marshall did not put forward it first, nor did Marshall carry it out alone. The background of Marshall Plan is the depression in Europe after World War II.
The main contents of Marshall plan:
When the plan came to an end, the national economies of most participating countries in western Europe except Germany (Marshall Plan will be mentioned later, including the whole of Germany in theory, not just the Federal Republic of Germany) have recovered to the pre-war level. In the next 20 years, the whole western Europe experienced an unprecedented period of rapid development, and the social economy showed a scene of prosperity, which can be said to be related to the Marshall Plan.
At the same time, Marshall Plan has long been regarded as one of the important factors contributing to European integration. Because the plan eliminated or weakened the long-standing tariff and trade barriers between western European countries in history, and at the same time made the economic ties of western European countries closer and closer, and finally moved towards integration. At the same time, the plan also enables western European countries to systematically learn and adapt to the experience of the United States in economic management.