In the Paris Agreements of 23 October 1954, France offered to establish an independent "Saarland", under the auspices of the Western European Union (WEU), but on 23 October 1955 in the Saar Statute referendum the Saar electorate rejected this plan by 67.7% to 32.3% (out of a 96.5% turnout: 423,434 against, 201,975 for) despite the public support of Federal German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for the plan. The rejection of the plan by the Saarlanders was interpreted as support for the Saar to join the Federal Republic of Germany.
Which political figure supported the Saar Statute referendum?
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
In the Paris Agreements of 23 October 1954, France offered to establish an independent "Saarland", under the auspices of the Western European Union (WEU), but on 23 October 1955 in the Saar Statute referendum the Saar electorate rejected this plan by 67.7% to 32.3% (out of a 96.5% turnout: 423,434 against, 201,975 for) despite the public support of Federal German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for the plan.
In the Paris Agreements of twenty-three October nineteen fifty-four, France offered to establish an independent "Saarland", under the auspices of the Western European Union (WEU), but on twenty-three October nineteen fifty-five in the Saar Statute referendum the Saar electorate rejected this plan by sixty-seven point seven percent to thirty-two point three percent (out of a ninety-six point five percent turnout: four hundred twenty-three thousand, four hundred thirty-four against, two hundred one thousand, nine hundred seventy-five for) despite the public support of Federal German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for the plan.
Which political figure supported the Saar Statute referendum?