Parliamentary debates
Report by the Central Section of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies (2 May 1952)
TexteOn 2 May 1952, the Central Section of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies publishes its report on the political and economic implications of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
Address on the government bill approving the European Coal and Steel Community (8 May 1952)
TexteOn 8 May 1952, Tony Biever, MP, opens the debate in the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies on the government bill approving the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
Ratification of the Treaty establishing the ECSC in Luxembourg
TableauOn 14 May 1952, ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) is obtained by a significant majority in the final vote in the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies.
Debates in the National Assembly on the ratification of the ECSC Treaty (Paris, 6 to 13 December 1951)
TexteFrom 6 to 13 December 1951, the Members of the French National Assembly debate the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). As the debates take place, the Communist group deplores the dangers of a future coal and steel pool and calls for non-ratification of the ECSC Treaty.
Léon Chevalme, The Schuman Plan and the unions (1952)
TexteIn 1952, writing in the French magazine Notre Europe, Léon Chevalme, representative of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), sets out the stance taken by the European trade unions on the Schuman Plan and on the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
Ratification of the Treaty establishing the ECSC in France
TableauOn 13 December 1951, the French National Assembly votes in favour of the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) despite the resolute opposition of the Gaullists and the Communists.
‘The Schuman Plan and its interpretation by the government’ from Le Peuple (25 September 1951)
TexteOn 25 September 1951, in an article published in the Belgian Socialist newspaper Le Peuple, political journalist Victor Larock harshly criticises the intentionally intergovernmentalist interpretation made by Belgian Foreign Minister Paul van Zeeland of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
Parliamentary debates in the Belgian Senate (30 January 1952)
TexteOn 30 January 1952, the Belgian Senate debates the question of the ratification of the Paris Treaty of 18 April 1951 establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
Ratification of the Treaty establishing the ECSC in Belgium
TableauThe high proportion of abstentions during ratification in the Senate on 5 February 1952 was due to the Socialists, who feared that the Belgian mining industry was not adapted to the new conditions defined by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
'Second Chamber on the Schuman Plan' from the Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant (10 October 1951)
TexteOn 10 October 1951, the Dutch daily newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant ponders the implications of the European Coal and Steel Community for the coal and steel industries of the Netherlands.
Ratification of the Treaty establishing the ECSC in the Netherlands
TableauOn 13 October 1951, only the Communist members of parliament are hostile towards the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), submitted for parliamentary ratification by the Netherlands Government.
Note by André Jacomet on the ratification of the ECSC Treaty in the FRG (Bonn, 15 June 1951)
TexteOn 15 June 1951, André Jacomet, legal adviser to the High Commissioner of the French Republic in Germany, reports on the debates being held in German political circles on the constitutional implications of the ratification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
'The Bundestag adopts the Schuman Plan' from the Süddeutsche Zeitung (12 January 1952)
TexteOn 12 January 1952, the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the Bundestag’s adoption of the Schuman Plan and outlines the positions taken by certain German MPs before the final vote.
Bundesrat resolution on the Treaty establishing the ECSC (1 February 1952)
TexteOn 1 February 1952, the Bundesrat expresses its support for the ratification of the Schuman Plan.
Ratification of the Treaty establishing the ECSC in Germany
TableauRatification of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) came about after a final reading of the text by the Bundesrat on 1 February 1952.
Parliamentary debates in the Italian Senate concerning ratification of the Paris agreements (Rome, 15 March 1952)
TexteOn 15 March 1952, the Senate of the Italian Republic adopts the government bill ratifying the Treaty of Paris of 18 April 1951 establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
Ratification of the Treaty establishing the ECSC in Italy
TableauOn 16 June 1952, the Italian Chamber of Deputies ratifies the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) despite hostile opposition from the Communists and from some Socialists.