Schuman Declaration – EC Library Guide: Research

A selection of research on the Schuman Plan

(In chronological order)

1950-1954 La formation de l'Europe communautaire

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From Schuman Declaration to the establishment of the European Communities (1950–1958)

Liargovas, P., Papageorgiou, C. In: The European Integration. Volume 1, history, 2024, pages 51-70.

This chapter describes the course of the unification process, starting with the founding of the first European Communities: the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 and the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community in 1957.
A reappraisal of the origins of European Integration: From wartime planning to the Schuman Plan

E. Ciappi. In: Journal of Contemporary History, 58 (4), 2023, pages 676-696.

This article offers an alternative history of the European Coal and Steel Community's origins by highlighting the role of transnational expertise and public diplomacy. More precisely, this study seeks to demonstrate that the policies carried out by Jean Monnet, the mastermind of European Coal and Steel Community's blueprint, originated from the plans elaborated by the New York-based think tank Council on Foreign Relations.
9 mai 1950: La déclaration Schuman

In: Commentaire (Julliard), vol.171 (3) 2020, page 573-582.

Le 9 mai 1950, le ministre français des Affaires étrangères, Robert Schuman, annonce, dans une déclaration devenue célèbre, la création de la Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier.
The Origins of the common market: Political economy vs. hagiography

Yannis Karagiannis. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, vol.54 (2), 2016, page 233-248..

Following a historiographical tradition which emphasizes the individual agency of specific individuals, a recent article claims that Jean Monnet's ‘path-breaking’ ideas and actions were a necessary condition for the Schuman declaration of 1950.
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and European Defence Community (EDC) Treaties

Glockner I., Rittberger, B. In: Designing the European Union, 2012, pages 16-47

The chapter explores and contrasts several positions in the academic debate about the ECSC and EDC Communities with regard to the key actors involved in the formulation of the treaties; the nature of preferences of the key political actors; and the rationale behind the institutional design of the two treaty organisations.
Der Schuman-Plan, Frankreich und Europa

Clemens Wurm. Artikel in: Themenportal Europäische Geschichte, 2008.

Essay.
Du plan Schuman, à la communauté politique européenne : quand l'europe s 'annonçait federaliste (1950-1953). l'histoire d'un malentendu Vayssière, Bertrand

Bertrand Vayssière. In: Politique européenne, vol.15 (1), 2005, page 165-193.

Cet article cherche à étudier l’Union européenne des Fédéralistes comme dispensateur d’idées.
La genèse du plan Schuman : des origines à la déclaration du 5 mai 1950

Pierre Gerbet. Centre de recherches européennes, 1962.

Contenu: Les différents projets d'organisation européenne des industries de base -- Le problème européen de l'acier -- Le problème des rapports franco-allemands -- Les propositions de mise en commun franco-allemande -- La situation de la diplomatie française au début de 1950 -- Les idées de M. Jean Monnet -- L'adoption du projet par M. Schuman -- La déclaration du mai 1950 -- Du Plan Schuman à la C.E.C.A.
The Schuman Plan Sovereign Powers of the European Coal and Steel Community Author Vernon, Raymond

Raymond Vernon. In:
The American journal of international law, vol 47 (2), 1953, page 183-202

Perhaps the easiest way to miss the legal significance of the Schuman Plan and the Treaty to which it gave rise is to study it in terms of familiar legal concepts.
The Schuman Plan: "A Leap into the Unknown"

Michael Shenstone. In: International journal (Toronto), vol.7 (2), 1952, page 116-126.

This contemporary article analyses the Schuman plan from an American perspective.
Imponderables of the Schuman Plan

William Diebold. In: Foreign affairs (New York, N.Y.), vol.29 (1), 1950, page 114-129.

This article examines the Schuman Declaration from the vantage point of several stakeholders: France, Great Britain, Socialist groups within those states, the United States and - to a lesser extent - Germany.