Am 24. Mai 1950 hält Herbert Blankenhorn, enger außenpolitischer Berater Konrad Adenauers, in seinem persönlichen Tagebuch seine Eindrücke von dem Gespräch fest, das der deutsche Bundeskanzler am Tag zuvor mit Jean Monnet über den Schuman-Plan geführt hat.
In this discussion paper of 3 May 1950, Jean Monnet considers the compatibility between the international control of the Ruhr and the establishment of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 12 June 1950, Jean Monnet, Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board, sends a note to the Interministerial Committee in which he identifies, particularly with regard to the future of the High Authority, the essential objectives of the negotiations due to open on 20 June in Paris between the representatives of the Six for the drafting of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 10 May 1950, the French General Confederation of Labour (CGT) issues a press release in which it criticises the economic, social and political consequences of the Schuman Plan.
On 22 and 23 May 1950, the liberal-leaning International Trade Union Conference issues a press release in Düsseldorf in which it welcomes the Schuman Plan and expresses its intention for workers’ unions to participate in the plan’s implementation.
On 15 June 1950, the Steering Committee of the Socialist Party/French Section of the Workers’ International (SFIO) issues a press release announcing its decision to attend the International Socialist Conference the following day despite the position adopted by the British Labour Party on the Schuman Plan.
On 8 June 1950, André Gros, jurisconsult at the French Foreign Ministry, comments on a telegram from Gilbert Grandval, French High Commissioner in the Saar, on the possible representation of this territory in the forthcoming negotiations between the Six in Paris for the implementation of the Schuman Plan.
On 19 November 1951, as the French Parliament debates the ratification of the Paris Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a pamphlet which harshly criticises the economic, political and social consequences of the Schuman Plan is distributed to MPs.
