On 24 October 1950, René Pleven, President of the French Council of Ministers and former National Defence Minister, proposes to the French National Assembly the establishment of a European army in order to avoid German rearmament as sought by the United States.

‘The Atlantic army — the best horse in the stable.’ On 28 October 1950, the Dutch cartoonist, Opland, takes an ironic look at the plan proposed by René Pleven, French Prime Minister and former Minister for National Defence, concerning the establishment of a European army.

Le 30 octobre 1950, Albert Wehrer, ministre du Luxembourg à Bonn adresse un rapport à Joseph Bech, ministre luxembourgeois des Affaires étrangères, dans lequel il rend compte d'une discussion qu'il a eue avec Jean Monnet sur la question du réarmement allemand et du Plan Pleven.

On 2 November 1950, the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit makes plain its scepticism regarding the main provisions of the plan devised by René Pleven, President of the French Council of Ministers and former Minister for Defence, which sets out the terms for German military rearmament within a European framework.

Le 8 novembre 1950, à l'occasion d'une déclaration gouvernementale sur le Plan Pleven, Heinrich von Brentano, président du groupe parlementaire du Parti chrétien-démocrate (CDU), prononce un discours sur la contribution allemande à la défense de l'Europe.

René Pleven, President of the Council of Ministers of the French Republic from 12 July 1950 to 10 March 1951, and from 17 June 1951 to 20 June 1952.