In October 1956, the British journal Steel Review considers the implications of the canalisation of the Moselle and the advantages of such an undertaking for industry in the region and in neighbouring countries.

During talks held on 12 December 1955, Antoine Pinay, French Foreign Minister, hands a note to Heinrich von Brentano, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), in which he sets out the priorities of the French Government regarding the economic issues involved in the resolution of the Saar question.

Observations by the Directorate of Public Works and Transport of the French zone of occupation on the re-establishment of the Saar network in 1947.

On 15 September 1949, the German magazine Die Gegenwart speculates on the political future of the territory of the Saar and outlines the discussions held between France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on this subject.

On 11 July 1951, the Dutch journal Internationale Spectator speculates on the political future of the Saar territory, which remains economically attached to France.

‘Commentary on the situation. In the European forge.’ In March 1950, the front page of the Saar-based satirical journal Der Tintenfisch features a cartoon by German cartoonist Stig (Roland Stigulinszky) illustrating how the Saar is maintaining its European credentials under the benevolent gaze of the neighbouring countries. From left to right: former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President of the Italian Council of Ministers Alcide De Gasperi, former Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman and Johannes Hoffmann, Minister-President of the Saar. In the background, Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (on the right) and General de Gaulle (on the left) observe the scene.

‘Frigidity on the wedding night.’ On 2 February 1952, German cartoonist Ernst Maria Lang shows that settling the issue of the Saar is a source of friction between France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The ‘young Franco-German couple’, represented by Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (on the left) and France depicted as Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap (on the left), fight over the bed covers, which display the word ‘Saar’.

In December 1950, in the journal Notre Europe, Heinz Braun, Justice Minister of the Saar Government and Delegate to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, makes a case for the Saar's European role.

In January 1951, in the journal Notre Europe, Johannes Hoffmann, Prime Minister of the Saar, outlines the historical background of the Saar and emphasises the economic and political role that the Saar region intends to play at European level.

On 25 July 1952, the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, in a radio interview, analyses the significance of the results obtained in Paris at the conclusion of the Conference of European Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the status of the Saar.