Am 25. November 1953 untersucht die französische Tageszeitung Le Figaro, welche Form die zukünftige Europäische politische Gemeinschaft annehmen und welche Befugnisse sie ausüben könnte.

On 2 November 1953, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool analyses the progress of the negotiations on the establishment of a European Political Community and sets out the position adopted by the Netherlands Government.

In der Zeitschrift La voix fédéraliste stellt Jacques Spaey, Mitglied des Vorstandes der belgischen Europäischen Bewegung, im Frühjahr 1953 Überlegungen über die mögliche Form der Europäischen Politischen Gemeinschaft (EPG) an.

On 6 March 1953, the Portuguese President, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, forwards to Portugal’s Embassies and Legations a circular in which he sets outs Portugal’s position as regards European policy.

On 10 December 1951 the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Schuman, spoke before the Assembly of the Council of Europe meeting at Strasbourg, exhorting it to encourage the constitution of a politically united Europe.

On 1 and 2 October 1954, the Congress of the Dutch Federation of Trade Unions (Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen, NVV) is held. At the Congress, Geert Johannes Nicolaas Maria Ruygers, deputy leader of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) and a Dutch Member of Parliament, gives an address on the issues surrounding the political and economic integration of Western Europe and particularly refers to the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC).

Le 28 novembre 1952, la Direction de la Santé publique du Luxembourg rend un avis favorable sur le projet français de Communauté européenne de la santé.

Das deutsche Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel analysiert den Plan zur Europäisierung der pharmazeutischen Industrie des französischen Gesundheitsministers Paul Ribeyre. Der Plan zur Errichtung eines Weißen Pools stößt allerdings auf heftigen Widerstand.

On 13 December 1952, the French daily newspaper Combat analyses the plan drawn up by the former French Minister for Public Health and Population, Paul Ribeyre, which aims to establish a European Health Community, also known as the ‘white pool'.