De Gaulle also felt that the ECSC had insufficient supranational authority because the Assembly was not ratified by a European referendum and he did not accept Raymond Aron's contention that the ECSC was intended as a movement away from United States domination.
De Gaulle syntes også at EKSF havde utilstrækkelig supranational autoritet, fordi Forsamlingen ikke var ratificeret af en europæisk folkeafstemning, og han accepterede ikke Raymond Arons påstand om, at EKSF var tiltænkt at være en bevægelse væk fra USA dominans.