In August 1950, Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Paul Reynaud, Winston Churchill and Robert Schuman attend the Assembly’s second sitting, held in Strasbourg.
Am 8. Mai übergibt Robert Mischlich, enger Berater Robert Schumans, Konrad Adenauer einen Brief in dem der französische Außenminister den deutschen Bundeskanzler heimlich über den Plan einer Zusammenlegung der europäischen Kohle- und Stahlvorkommen informiert.
On 12 May 1950, the cartoonist of the Italian socialist daily newspaper Avanti criticises the proposal of the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, which aims to place coal and steel production under joint French and German control, a plan entirely supporting US interests.
On 17 January 1951, the French delegation to the Schuman Plan Conference speculates on the sustainability of the regime of ownership of the Ruhr mines and plants in the context of the future entry into force of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 10 May 1950, Count Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, expresses his gratitude to Robert Schuman and voices his support for the Franco–German initiative.
On 10 May 1950, the British daily newspaper Daily Herald devotes its front page to the declaration made the previous day in Paris by Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, in which he proposed the pooling of coal and steel output in Europe.
