On 17February 1951, the French newspaper Le Monde describes the first stages of the Paris Conference on the European Army.

On 20 February 1951, reporting on the Paris Conference on the European Defence Community (EDC), the German daily newspaper Die Welt identifies Europe's military weakness.

On 10 December 1951, Alcide De Gasperi, President of the Italian Council of Ministers, gives an address to the Assembly of the Council of Europe and underlines the importance of plans for a European Defence Community (EDC).

On 10 December 1951, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), outlines to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe the main guidelines of Germany's European policy.

During a radio broadcast on 5 March 1952, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer talks about the possible involvement of German troops in a European army and defends West Germany's policy towards Europe.