On 19 January 1966, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort analyses the reasons for and the implications of the closure of many European collieries.

On 30 May 1959, the Italian Communist daily newspaper L’Unità criticises the closure of many coal mines in Belgium, and the subsequent redundancies, before calling for a reorganisation of the coal sector by means of a policy of nationalisation.

Im August 1958 untersucht die deutsche Tageszeitung Süddeutsche Zeitung die Energiepolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) und demonstriert den Einfluss der Kohle- und Erdölimporte aus dem Ausland auf den heimischen Markt.

On 23 June 1966, the French weekly publication Usine nouvelle analyses the poor financial results and the drop in output in the coal sector in the European Economic Community (EEC).

Am 11. April 1959 schreibt Jean Monnet, Präsident des Aktionskomitees für die Vereinigten Staaten von Europa, an Cornelius Wilhelmus van Wingerden, den Präsidenten des niederländischen Gewerkschaftsbundes, um ihm gegenüber seine Besorgnis angesichts der Kohlenkrise zum Ausdruck zu bringen.

In 1959, Nieuw Europa, the periodical of the Dutch European Movement, leads with the effects of the coal crisis in Belgium and refers to the High Authority’s action plan for the industry.

On 18 April 1959, the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) forwards to the Council of Ministers details of its action plan to confront the coal crisis affecting the Six.

On 23 October 1958, Paul Finet, President of the ECSC High Authority, gives an address to the European Parliamentary Assembly in which he attempts to define the seriousness of the coal crisis affecting Belgium and Germany in particular and details the measures taken by the High Authority to stabilise the coal market.

On 16 December 1958, in response to the statement made by the President of the ECSC High Authority, Paul Finet, on 23 October 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly adopts a resolution which calls on the High Authority and the Council of Ministers to streamline and coordinate more effectively import and export policies for European coal products.