In February 1953, the Dutch cartoonist, Opland, illustrates the difficulties involved in the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC).

On 1 May 1953, Victor Larock, leader of the Belgian Socialist Party, gives his views in an article in the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool on the question of the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community.

On 7 November 1953, the daily newspaper Le Peuple, the official mouthpiece of the Belgian Socialist Party, speculates on the socialists’ position on the European Defence Community (EDC).

On 12 November 1953, as part of the ratification procedure for the Treaty establishing a European Defence Community (EDC), the Belgian Chamber of Representatives discusses the issues surrounding the question of a European army.

On 2 March 1954, as debates begin in the Belgian Senate on the bill to approve the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC), Belgian Foreign Minister Paul van Zeeland emphasises how important it is to establish the EDC.

On 3 March 1954, as debates on the European Defence Community (EDC) are held in the Belgian Senate, Fernand Dehousse, a Belgian socialist senator and pro-European activist, describes the advantages of the Treaty establishing the EDC.

On 8 April 1954, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort outlines the reasons why Luxembourg is in favour of a European Defence Community.