In 1951, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) publishes a brochure outlining the dangers of the Schuman Plan for the German economy and calls for the plan to be rejected.

On 6 April 1951, the East Berlin daily newspaper Tägliche Rundschau condemns the Schuman Plan and criticises the position of the West German Government which favours the pooling of European coal and steel output.

On 21 April 1951, the German daily newspaper Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports on the political debates preceding ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Germany.

On 1 May 1951, the German magazine Die Gegenwart analyses the criticism levelled by Kurt Schumacher, leader of the West German Social Democratic Party, at a future European Coal and Steel Community as envisaged by the Schuman Plan.

On 15 June 1951, André Jacomet, legal adviser to the High Commissioner of the French Republic in Germany, reports on the debates being held in German political circles on the constitutional implications of the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

On 20 December 1951, as the debates for the ratification of the ECSC Treaty take place in the Bundestag, the Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung analyses the discussions on the Schuman Plan in West Germany.

Ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) came about after a final reading of the text by the Bundesrat on 1 February 1952.

In 1952, Walter Hallstein, Junior Minister in the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), publishes an article in the French magazine Notre Europe on the repercussions of the Schuman Plan in Germany.

‘General Treaty: the Schuman Plan — the Ruhr armoury of the USA. “Traitors sign, but the German people will put a stop to their little game.”’ On 10 January 1952, the East Berlin daily newspaper Tägliche Rundschau condemns the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) by the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer.

‘The Schuman Plan seen from three perspectives.' On 11 January 1952, the German cartoonist, Beuth, portrays the various ways in which the Schuman Plan is interpreted with regard to the future of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). From left to right: Kurt Schumacher, Leader of the West-German Social Democrat Party (SPD), foretells the enslavement of the German people; Konrad Adenauer, Federal Chancellor, predicts the revival of Germany; and Otto Grotewohl, Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), warns of the threat of West German rearmament.

Kurt Schumacher, leader of the West German Social Democratic Party and one of the main opponents to the Schuman Plan in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

On 12 January 1952, the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the Bundestag’s adoption of the Schuman Plan and outlines the positions taken by certain German MPs before the final vote.

On 17 January 1952, the Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the German Federal Government welcomes the adoption by the Bundestag of the bill ratifying the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

On 29 January 1952, the East German daily newspaperTägliche Rundschau vigorously denounces the West German Government’s approval of the Schuman Plan as a national betrayal of the German people.

On 1 February 1952, the Bundesrat expresses its support for the ratification of the Schuman Plan.