Back الوفاق الأوروبي Arabic Avropa Konserti Azerbaijani Европейски концерт Bulgarian Concert europeu Catalan کۆنسێرتی ئەورووپا CKB Koncert velmocí Czech Cytgord Ewrop Welsh Pentarchie (Europa) German Ευρωπαϊκή Συμφωνία Greek Concert of Europe English
The Concert of Europe was a group of countries in Europe who worked together and agreed on policies to maintain a steady balance of power which included alliances between the great powers in 1814 and 1914. The member countries were the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, France (from 1815), Prussia (Germany from 1871) and Italy (from 1871).
It started as a quadruple alliance. After Napoleon, ruler of France, was no longer in power, France joined the Concert of Europe. Its importance diminished with the revolutions of 1848 and subsequent wars between the big powers. Otto von Bismarck re-established the Concert of Europe after the unifications of Germany and Italy. The Concert definitively collapsed with World War I.