Reactions to the negotiations and to the signing of the Treaty
‘The Schuman Plan: great hope of the 20th century or decline of France?’ from Actualités industrielles lorraines (July–August 1951)
TextIn July 1951, the bimonthly bulletin Actualités industrielles lorraines, published by the Centre d’Information des Industries Lorraines, analyses the repercussions of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) on France’s steel and coal industries.
Paper given by Kurt Schumacher on the Schuman Plan (Bonn, 31 March 1951)
TextOn 31 March 1951, the leader of the West German Social Democratic Party, Kurt Schumacher, harshly criticises the Schuman Plan and outlines the risks being taken by the Federal Republic of Germany.
Note from the Dutch Embassy in Paris (1951)
TextIn 1951, the press officer at the Dutch Embassy in Paris drafts a note on the reactions of the general public and the French press to the challenges of the Schuman Plan.
Note from the Netherlands mission in Germany (3 February 1951)
TextOn 3 February 1951, the Netherlands mission in Germany draws up a note which sets out the attitudes of the general public and the West German press towards the negotiations under way in Paris on the Schuman Plan.
Note from the Netherlands Embassy in Rome (3 February 1951)
TextOn 3 February 1951, the Dutch Embassy in Rome drafts a note on the reactions of the Italian general public to the Schuman Plan.
Address given by Walter Hallstein on the Schuman Plan (28 April 1951)
TextOn 28 April 1951, in an address given at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Walter Hallstein, State Secretary at the German Foreign Office, gives details of the numerous economic, political and institutional implications of the Schuman Plan.
Albert R. Métral, The Schuman Plan is a leap into the unknown (1951)
TextIn 1951, Albert R. Métral, Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgists Association, considers the principles and the basic rules laid down by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and calls for the French Parliament to reject the text.
'Coal and steel — the foundations of European unity' from the Süddeutsche Zeitung (22 June 1951)
TextOn 22 June 1951, during the intergovernmental negotiations regarding the establishment of a European Coal and Steel Community, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung lists the economic and social problems that the Six will have to face.
Questionnaire by the Socialist parties of the ECSC Member States (October 1951)
TextIn October 1951, the Socialist parties of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community send a questionnaire to their respective governments on the economic and social objectives of the new Community.