In August 1950, Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, Paul Reynaud, Winston Churchill and Robert Schuman attend the Assembly’s second sitting, held in Strasbourg.
Le 8 mai 1950, Robert Mischlich, proche collaborateur de Robert Schuman, remet à Konrad Adenauer une lettre dans laquelle Schuman informe secrètement le chancelier allemand du projet de mise en commun du charbon et de l'acier européens. Dans ses Mémoires, l'ancien chancelier allemand se souvient.
On 12 May 1950, the cartoonist of the Italian socialist daily newspaper Avanti criticises the proposal of the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, which aims to place coal and steel production under joint French and German control, a plan entirely supporting US interests.
On 17 January 1951, the French delegation to the Schuman Plan Conference speculates on the sustainability of the regime of ownership of the Ruhr mines and plants in the context of the future entry into force of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 10 May 1950, Count Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, expresses his gratitude to Robert Schuman and voices his support for the Franco–German initiative.
On 10 May 1950, the British daily newspaper Daily Herald devotes its front page to the declaration made the previous day in Paris by Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, in which he proposed the pooling of coal and steel output in Europe.
