| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Strong West German claims to the Saar, however, were a serious cause of friction in postwar Franco-German relations.An agreement between France and West Germany in 1954 (see Paris Pacts) provided for an autonomous Saar under a neutral commissioner to be named by the Western European Union; the economic union with France was to be maintained for 50 years.
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