Original: 138–139)] A closely related, but rejected, proposal by French bureaucrat Jean Monnet, the Monnet plan, would have given France control over the German coal areas of the Ruhr and Saar and used these resources to bring France to 150% of pre-war industrial production.
Simplified: Monnet plan Jean Monnet of France said that France should control the German coal areas of the Ruhr and Saar and use it to rebuild French industry.