On 19 March 1953, as the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC) and the future Treaty on Germany are ratified by the Bundestag, German State Secretary Walter Hallstein considers the various implications of the two new Treaties for West Germany.

On 29 April 1953, the Minister President of Bavaria, Hans Ehard, gives a radio broadcast in which he deplores the slow process of ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC) in the Bundesrat (the second chamber of the Federal Parliament).

On 6 May 1953, Otto Lenz, State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery, welcomes the efforts being made by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to ratify the future Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC) as quickly as possible.

On 31 August 1954, André Philip, President of the Socialist Movement for the United States of Europe (SMUSE), analyses the impact of France’s domestic politics and the role played by the French press in the debates on the European Defence Community (EDC).

On 20 September 1954, the Central Committee of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) sharply criticises French policy for the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) and calls for the creation of a federal Europe.

Under the pen name of Sirius, Hubert Beuve-Méry, founder of the French daily newspaper Le Monde, comments on the events that took place on 30 August 1954 in the French National Assembly.

On 31 August 1954, the French Communist daily newspaper L'Humanité welcomes the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) and publishes figures which differ from those of the official results.

‘To the woods to celebrate the victory of Little Red Riding Hood!’ On 5 September 1954, taking inspiration from the story of Little Red Riding Hood, a cartoon by Effel in the French communist daily newspaper L’Humanité illustrates the decision by the French National Assembly not to ratify the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC). The big bad wolf, wearing a Wehrmacht helmet marked ‘EDC’, is defeated by a young, dynamic Marianne (depicted as Red Riding Hood).

On 31 August 1954, the French communist newspaper L'Humanité hails the decision of the French National Assembly not to ratify the Treaty instituting the European Defence Community (EDC) as a victory for the French people.

On 30 August 1954, Sennep sketches the love story between ‘Robert Schuman and the EDC’.