On 25 November 1953, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro ponders on the form that a future European Political Community (EPC) might take and on the powers that it might wield.

On 2 November 1953, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool analyses the progress of the negotiations on the establishment of a European Political Community and sets out the position adopted by the Netherlands Government.

Writing in La Voix Fédéraliste in spring 1953, Dr J. Spaey, a member of the executive committee of the Belgian Section of the European Movement, wonders what form the European Political Community will take.

On 6 March 1953, the Portuguese President, Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, forwards to Portugal’s Embassies and Legations a circular in which he sets outs Portugal’s position as regards European policy.

On 10 December 1951 the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Schuman, spoke before the Assembly of the Council of Europe meeting at Strasbourg, exhorting it to encourage the constitution of a politically united Europe.

On 1 and 2 October 1954, the Congress of the Dutch Federation of Trade Unions (Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen, NVV) is held. At the Congress, Geert Johannes Nicolaas Maria Ruygers, deputy leader of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) and a Dutch Member of Parliament, gives an address on the issues surrounding the political and economic integration of Western Europe and particularly refers to the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC).

Le 28 novembre 1952, la Direction de la Santé publique du Luxembourg rend un avis favorable sur le projet français de Communauté européenne de la santé.

On 1 January 1953, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel analyses the European plan put forward by Paul Ribeyre, former French Minister for Public Health and Population, better known as the ‘white pool', which aims to establish a European health and pharmaceutical industries Community.

On 13 December 1952, the French daily newspaper Combat analyses the plan drawn up by the former French Minister for Public Health and Population, Paul Ribeyre, which aims to establish a European Health Community, also known as the ‘white pool'.