On 23 May 1950, in Bonn, Jean Monnet outlines to members of the Council of the Allied High Command the origins and the political and economic scope of the Schuman Plan.
On 23 May 1950, the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, receives Jean Monnet in Bonn and holds a lengthy discussion on the Schuman Plan and on the forthcoming diplomatic negotiations.
On 31 May 1950, the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris informs the French Foreign Ministry of the Luxembourg Government’s intention to participate in negotiations on the basis of the French proposal of 9 May for the establishment of a European coal and steel pool.
On 12 May 1950, referring to the Scottish tradition whereby couples go to blacksmiths’ forges in Gretna Green to exchange their wedding vows over the blacksmith’s anvil, the British cartoonist, David Low, illustrates the surprised reaction of Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State, following the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950.
For its 10–11 May 1950 edition, the French regional daily newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain devotes its front page to the declaration made on 9 May by Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, in which he proposed to pool coal and steel production in Europe.
‘The pride of the inventor: Let’s hope that the thing develops better than the safety pins.’ After the declaration of 9 May 1950, the cartoonist, Pielert, emphasises the importance of the new Franco-German partnership at the heart of the Schuman Plan.
All the EU Member States celebrate 9 May as Europe Day, in commemoration of the declaration of 9 May 1950 made by French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, generally considered as the founding moment of the European integration process.
In his memoirs, Dirk Stikker, Netherlands Foreign Minister from 1948 to 1952, recalls the reaction in the Netherlands to the declaration made by Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950.
On 9 May 1958, journalist Roger Massip recalls the declaration made by Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950 and describes the origins of the coal and steel pool. He particularly emphasises the role in events played by Jean Monnet, Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board.
On 14 June 1950, the French daily newspaper Le Monde publishes and comments on extracts from the declaration that the British Labour Party recently published on European unity, in which the question of the Schuman Plan was addressed.