On 7 April 1971, William François, Chairman of the Association for Research into Economic and Human Problems in Europe, sends a copy of his address of 2 April on the chances for monetary Europe after the Werner Plan to Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister.
On 10 May 1971, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describes the meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Six held on 8 and 9 May 1971 in Brussels, and comments on the debates between the ministers to find solutions to the monetary crisis.