On 9 May 1970, while reporting on the 20th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, the French daily newspaper Le Monde outlines the successes and failures of the activities of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 10 June 1950, the Vienna-based weekly newspaper Die österreichische Furche comments on the statement made the previous day in Paris by Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, emphasising, in particular, the significance of the United Kingdom's reaction to the proposed establishment of a European coal and steel pool.
At the Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), held in Hamburg from 21 to 25 May 1950, Kurt Schumacher, Leader of the SDP, declares that he is against the accession of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to the Council of Europe. With regard to the Declaration made by Robert Schuman on 9 May, Schumacher welcomes the proposal from the French Foreign Minister but states that the action to be taken on this plan remains uncertain.
In 1962, the Interim Staff Regulations Committee, consulted under Article 61 of the Staff Regulations of Officials, calls on the Community institutions to observe 9 May, the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, as a public holiday.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, secretary and editor at the Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband (Luxembourg Workers’ Union — LAV) from 1949 to 1963 and an employee in the liaison office for miners and metalworkers at the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1951 to 1958, emphasises the involvement and interest of trade unions in the creation and development of the ECSC from the Schuman Declaration onwards.
A colleague of Jean Monnet and a firsthand witness of Robert Schuman’s Declaration in the Salon de l’Horloge of the French Foreign Ministry in Paris, François Fontaine describes the events that took place.
On 10 May 1950, the day after the Schuman Declaration, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool outlines the economic and political implications of the pooling of the coal and steel industries in Germany and France.