On 17 May 1950, André François-Poncet, French High Commissioner in the Federal Republic of Germany, sends a telegram to the French Foreign Office in which he gives an account of his meeting with the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, the previous day.

On 26 May 1952, the US Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, signs the Bonn Agreements, which aim to put an end to the occupation status of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and enable the gradual reestablishment of German sovereignty. This Convention is due to take effect upon the entry into force of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC).

On 26 May 1952, the Federal Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, signs the Convention on relations between the Three Powers and the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bonn Agreements grant sovereignty to the FRG, with certain restrictions, upon the entry into force of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC).

On 26 May 1952, the British Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, signs the Convention on relations between the Three Powers and the Federal Republic of Germany, which grants sovereignty to the FRG, with certain restrictions, upon the entry into force of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC).

On 12 July 2000, following the feasibility study on a reorganisation of the treaties carried out by the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, the European Commission considers that such a reorganisation is achievable at the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC).

As the Robert Schuman Prize is awarded at the University of Bonn on 29 June 1967, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State (left), and Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1926 to 1937 and from 1953 to 1958 (centre), meet the German Federal Chancellor, Kurt Georg Kiesinger (right).

On 16 May 1950, in an article published in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, US journalist Walter Lippmann emphasises the bold, generous nature of Robert Schuman’s proposal to pool the coal and steel industries in Europe and emphasises the change in France’s attitude towards Germany.

In September 1952, the British cartoonist, David Low, takes an ironic look at the joint efforts of Paul-Henri Spaak (left), Belgian Foreign Minister, and Robert Schuman (right), French Foreign Minister, to persuade their British counterpart, Anthony Eden (centre), to take part in the first steps of the Council of Europe, despite his fears and hesitations.

On 19 February 1952, the British cartoonist, David Low, illustrates the efforts of Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, and Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor, to establish a European army, under the ironic and dubious eye of the United States and the United Kingdom.

In August 1950, a few weeks after the start of the Korean War and in the light of the military threat of the Soviet bloc, the British cartoonist, David Low, takes an ironic look at the diplomatic discussions between Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, and his British and US counterparts, Ernest Bevin and Dean Acheson, on the rearmament of West Germany.