In an article in the socialist daily newspaper Action, Louis Marin, socialist Member of Parliament for Meurthe-et-Moselle, expresses his fury at the French Government’s decision to leave the French National Assembly completely in the dark throughout the preparations for the Schuman Plan and is also anxious about the role assigned to Germany under the Plan.

Fiercely opposed to the Schuman Plan, the Communist World Union Movement strongly criticises US control over the European economy and predicts a deterioration in the financial situation of the working class.

On the day after the signing of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in Paris on 18 April 1951, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer sends a letter to Robert Schuman in which he expresses his hope that the Schuman Plan might become the basis for Franco–German reconciliation.

In this interview, Archduke Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen, President of the International Paneuropean Union and former Member of the European Parliament, explains why he regards General de Gaulle as a major figure in the history of European integration.

Delegation from the ECSC High Authority at the second part of the fifth session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, held in Strasbourg in June 1953. Among those in the picture are Jean Monnet and Franz Etzel, respectively President and Vice-President of the High Authority.

Meeting between Pierre Werner and Ambassador Guy de Muyser, Marshal of the Court, at the 90th birthday celebrations of Jean Monnet held at the Banque de France.

Jean Monnet, President of the ECSC High Authority, makes a statement at the press conference held in Luxembourg on 9 February 1953 at the opening of the transitional period leading to a common market in coal and steel.

On 24 August 1948, Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, explains his Christian view of European unity to his French counterpart, Robert Schuman.

Table listing cast iron, raw and rolled steel output (in 1000 tonnes) for the Saar from 1945 to 1959.