In this draft memorandum to French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, Jean Monnet establishes the framework within which he believes West German rearmament should take place and the country should be incorporated in the European defence system.

In this draft note to René Pleven, President of the French Council, Jean Monnet outlines the scope of the plan for a European army and defines the place of Germany in a united Europe.

On 24 October 1950, the French daily newspaper Combat expresses concern that European integration will entail West German rearmament and deplores the risks inherent in such a policy.

In December 1950, in the journal Notre Europe, Paul Reynaud, former President of the French Council and delegate to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, calls for the rearmament of Germany in the context of a European army.

In January 1951, the Metz Communist weekly newspaper Le Patriote Mosellan warns its readers of the dangers of German rearmament and conveys the fears of people in the Moselle département.

En janvier 1951, André Philip, délégué général du mouvement européen et président du mouvement pour les États-Unis socialistes d'Europe décrit dans la revue Notre Europe les enjeux d'un réarmement de l'Allemagne.

On 23 November 1951, the French daily newspaper Le Populaire publishes an article in which Paul-Henri Spaak outlines the United States’ attitude towards German rearmament.

On 14 February 1952, in reaction to the post-war debates on German rearmament, the French daily newspaper Le Monde speculates on the precise shape of a future German army integrated into a European army.