On 10 January 1953, Jean Monnet (left), President of the ECSC High Authority, and Lord Layton (right), British observer, hold talks on the margins of a meeting of the ad hoc Assembly for a European Political Community (EPC).

On 10 September 1952, the Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community approves the establishment of an Ad Hoc Assembly, whose mission is to draw up a draft Treaty for a European Political Community.

On 10 September 1952, the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) decides to establish an Ad Hoc Assembly responsible for the drafting of a European Political Community (EPC) Treaty within a period of six months.

In September 1952, the German delegate, Heinrich von Brentano, becomes the President of the Constitutional Committee of the Ad Hoc Assembly of the Consultative Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

On 23 October 1952, the six Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community submit a series of questions to the ad hoc Assembly concerning the establishment of a European Political Community.

On 31 August 1954, the French National Assembly refuses to ratify the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC) which results in the abandonment of the European Political Community (EPC) project. In 1968, the federalist journalist, Jean-Pierre Gouzy, tries to understand the reasons for this failure.

On 31 August 1954, the day after the French National Assembly refused to ratify the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community (EDC), the Dutch daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk criticises the shelving of plans for a European political community.

On 10 March 1953, the Ad Hoc Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) considers the final articles in the draft Treaty establishing the European Political Community (EPC) and takes a roll call vote on the draft treaty and the draft annexed protocols as a whole.

On 19 February 1953, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk analyses the discussions between the Six on a European Political Community.

On 4 February 1953, the Dutch journal Internationale Spectator comments on the structures of the future European Political Community and compares the situation with the United States, Canada and Switzerland.