‘Exchange of words … Both together: “Hands off, the Saar is mine!”’ On 21 January 1950, Opland, Dutch cartoonist, illustrates the differences of opinion which pit Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor (left), and Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister (right), against each other on the political and economic future of the Saar.
On 1 August 1955, the Saar Section of the pro-European movement Europa-Union shows its support for the proposed Europeanisation of the territory of the Saar on a news-stand near Saarbrücken station.