On 25 May 1972, in preparation for the Summit to be held in Paris on 19 October 1972, the Belgian Foreign Minister writes a note on strengthening the European institutions and progress in the political sphere.

On 18 October 1972, on the eve of the Paris European Summit, the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung outlines the obstacles that hamper the European integration process.

Le 19 octobre 1972, à l'occasion de l'ouverture du sommet de Paris, Sicco Mansholt, président de la Commission des Communautés européennes, prononce un discours sur les enjeux de l'intégration européenne et fait un état des lieux des différentes politiques communautaires.

In an initial joint statement published after the Paris European Summit (19 to 21 October 1972), the Heads of State or Government of the future Nine outline the objectives and the policies to be pursued with a view to achieving a European Union.

On the eve of the Paris Summit of 19–21 October 1972, the French President, Georges Pompidou, reveals his hopes to RTL that the nine Heads of State or Government will make genuine progress and outline the overall prospects for Europe.

On 19 October 1972, the Heads of State or Government of the future Community of the Nine meet at the European Summit in Paris. In the opening address, Georges Pompidou, French President, welcomes the first appearance of officials from Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Barend W. Biesheuvel, Netherlands Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, speaks next and emphasises the need to mobilise young people in favour of European integration.

On the initiative of the French President, Georges Pompidou, the Heads of State or Government of the Nine meet in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972. They agree to strengthen political cooperation within the European Communities and to work towards the goal of establishing a European Union before 1980.

In his capacity as Prime Minister of the country about to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities, the Dutchman Barend W. Biesheuvel opens the Paris Summit of 19–21 October 1972. In particular, he insists that the general public must be more closely associated with the debates about the future of a united Europe.

During an interview conducted by RTL at the European Summit held in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972, the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Pierre Werner, discusses some ideas put forward by the Heads of State or Government of the Nine, notably the institutional problems with which Europe may be faced in the future.

The Heads of State or Government of the nine Member States of the enlarged European Community meet for the first time at the Paris European Summit held from 19 to 21 October 1972. During this meeting, the Heads of State or Government confirm their wish to strengthen political cooperation.

On 21 October 1972, in its coverage of the opening, two days earlier, of the Paris European summit, the French daily newspaper Le Monde expresses its hope in the promises made by the European leaders to create a political Europe.

On 22 October 1972, the German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, holds a press conference on the outcome of the Paris European Summit, held from 19 to 21 October 1972.

On 11 October 1972, in Brussels, the Belgian politician, Fernand Dehousse, former President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, delivers a lecture to the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations (IRRI) on the implications of the Paris Summit, to he held on 19, 20 and 21 October.

Following the Paris European Summit (19 to 21 October 1972), the French President, Georges Pompidou, declares his satisfaction that the future Nine have opted to take the road leading to a European Union. For his part, Barend Biesheuvel, the Netherlands Prime Minister, welcomes the commitments given to strengthen the powers of the European institutions.

Following the Paris Summit (19 to 21 October 1972), Roger Priouret, RTL journalist, reviews the main decisions taken by the future Nine concerning Economic and Monetary Union, the European Monetary Cooperation Fund and regional policy.

The RTL journalist, Bernard Lefort, draws attention to the historic significance of the commitments given by the future Nine at the Paris Summit (19 to 21 October 1972), with particular regard to the strengthening of the European institutions.

Following the Paris European Summit (19 to 21 October 1972), the French President, Georges Pompidou, declares his satisfaction. Reactions in the foreign press on the day after the announcement of the outcome are, nevertheless, lukewarm, as the RTL correspondents in Bonn and London testify.