London and Paris Conferences
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"Paris Agreements" redirects here. For the climate change agreement, see Paris Agreement. For other topics, see List of conferences in London and Paris meetings, agreements and declarations (disambiguation).
This article is about the 1954 Paris Agreements on the status of West Germany. For parallel conferences for peace in Korea and Indochina, see Berlin Conference (1954) and 1954 Geneva Conference.
The London and Paris Conferences were two related conferences held in London and Paris during September–October 1954 to determine the status of West Germany. The talks concluded with the signing of the Paris Agreements (Paris Pacts, or Paris Accords[1]), which granted West Germany some sovereignty[lower-alpha 1], ended the occupation, and allowed its admittance to NATO.[1] Furthermore, both West Germany and Italy joined the Brussels Treaty[1] on 23 October 1954.[2] The Agreements went into force on 5 May 1955.[2] The participating powers included France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, West Germany, Italy, Canada, the United States, and remaining NATO members.[1]