The representatives of the Federal Government have several times de clared in the course of the negotiations on the European Coal and Steel Community that the status of the Saar can be finally settled only by the Peace Treaty or a similar Treaty.
I gcúrsa na gcaibidlí ar an gComhphobal Eorpach do Ghual agus Chmach, dhearbhaigh ionadaithe Rialtas na Cónaidhme arís agus arís eile nach féidir stádas an tSár a shocrú go críoch naitheach ach amháin le Conradh Síochána nó le Conradh dá shamhail.