On 10 May 1950, the German daily newspaper Bonner Rundschau leads with the plan to pool the coal and steel industries in Europe and emphasises the historic importance of Robert Schuman’s proposal.

On 31 May 1950, the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris informs the French Foreign Ministry of the Luxembourg Government’s intention to participate in negotiations on the basis of the French proposal of 9 May for the establishment of a European coal and steel pool.

On 23 May 1950, the Groupement des industries sidérurgiques luxembourgeoises (GISL), an employers’ organisation involving the three Luxembourg iron and steel companies, namely ARBED, the S.A. des Hauts-Fourneaux et Aciéries de Differdange-St.Ingbert-Rumelange and Minière et Métallurgique de Rodange, speculates on the conditions in which the French ideas should be implemented.

On 3 February 1951, the Dutch Embassy in Luxembourg drafts a note on the reactions of the general public in Luxembourg to the issues surrounding the Schuman Plan.

On 10 May 1950, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort considers the various elements of the Schuman Declaration and the reactions to it in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

On 13 May 1950, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort analyses reactions in Luxembourg and elsewhere to the proposal made by Robert Schuman that European coal and steel output should be pooled.

On 10 May 1950, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort considers the factors motivating Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, who published his plan for a European coal and steel pool the previous day.

Entrusted to an American engineering consultancy firm by the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), a body responsible for monitoring the use made of Marshall aid in Europe, the Robinson Report, published in May 1950, strongly criticises the management of the Belgian coal mines and advocates their modernisation.

Le 15 juin 1950, la sidérurgie belgo-luxembourgeoise commente la proposition française de placer la production allemande et française du charbon et de l'acier sous l'autorité d'une organisation européenne supranationale.