Jacques de Larosière
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Background
France's international and European monetary policy
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: France’s international and European monetary policy (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Head of Department at the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance, discusses the principles which guided France’s international and European monetary policy in the context of the end of the Bretton Woods system and the decoupling of the value of the dollar and the value of gold.
Hans Apel, Von Bretton-Woods nach Jamaika
TextHans Apel, Finanzminister der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, gibt sich zuversichtlich, daß auf der Tagung des Interim Committee des Internationalen Währungsfonds am 7. und 8. Januar 1976 in Jamaika ein Schlußstrich unter die Verhandlungen zur Reform des internationalen Währungssystems gezogen werden kann.
Reactions in France after the publication of the Werner Report
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: reactions in France after the publication of the Werner Report (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Treasury Director at the French Ministry of Finance, describes reactions in France following the publication of the Werner Report on the stage-by-stage creation of a European economic and monetary union. Jacques de Larosière particularly focuses on the establishment of the European monetary snake and the European Monetary Cooperation Fund (EMCF).
Bericht über die stufenweise Verwirklichung der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion in der Gemeinschaft (8. Oktober 1970)
TextAm 8. Oktober 1970 überreicht Pierre Werner, luxemburgischer Premier- und Finanzminister, dem Ministerrat und der Europäischen Kommission seinen Abschlussbericht über die Bedingungen für die Verwirklichung einer Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion (WWU).
‘Monetary unification and national sovereignty’ from Le Monde (20 October 1970)
TextOn 20 October 1970, commenting on the submission by Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, of the report on the stage-by-stage implementation of Economic and Monetary Union, on 8 October, the French daily newspaper Le Monde takes a critical look at the establishment of a single currency for the Member States of the European Communities.
The aims of the Delors Committee
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: the objectives of the Delors Committee (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Governor of the Bank of France and former member of the committee chaired by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, which had the task of studying and proposing the practical stages leading to the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), summarises the objectives of this committee.
List of members of the Delors Committee
TabelleTable listing the members of the committee chaired by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, responsible for submitting and proposing practical steps leading towards gradual establishment of economic and monetary union (EMU).
Jacques Delors, Memoirs
TextIn his memoirs, Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission between 1985 and 1995, discusses the establishment, the composition and the work of the Delors Committee which, on 12 April 1989, proposes to the Member States of the European Communities the creation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in three stages.
Negotiations on the establishment of a European Central Bank
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: the negotiations on the establishment of a European Central Bank (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Governor of the Bank of France and former member of the committee chaired by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, which had the task of studying and proposing the practical stages leading to the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), considers the discussions on the establishment of a European Central Bank that would be independent of political authority.
EMU and the 1992–1993 monetary crisis
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: EMU and the 1992–1993 monetary crisis (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Governor of the Bank of France, analyses the difficulties experienced by the European Monetary System during the monetary crisis of 1992–1993.
Interview with François Mitterrand on the crisis in the European Monetary System (Latche, 16 August 1993)
TextOn 16 August 1993, François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, grants an interview to the regional daily newspaper Sud-Ouest in which he analyses the crisis faced by the European Monetary System (EMS) and emphasises the action taken by France and Germany to support European integration.
The independence of the ECB and its price stability policy
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: the independence of the ECB and its price stability policy (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Governor of the Bank of France and former member of the committee chaired by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, which had the task of studying and proposing the practical stages leading to the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), emphasises the advantages that, in his view, the European Central Bank (ECB) draws from its independence from political authority and its price stability policy.
‘Europe under the Bundesbank’ from Le Monde Diplomatique (July 1997)
TextIn July 1997, Ignacio Ramonet, Editor-in-Chief of the French monthly newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique, deplores the dominant influence of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and of the Bundesbank on the European Union and on its economic and monetary programme.
France's role in the economic and monetary integration process
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: France’s role during the economic and monetary integration process (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Governor of the Bank of France and former member of the committee chaired by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, which had the task of studying and proposing the practical stages leading to the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), explains France’s role in the European process of economic and monetary integration.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Paris, 22 May 2008)
TonIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), outlines the objectives of the EBRD and the way in which it works, and considers the developments in the geographical areas on which the bank’s activities are focused.
Jacques de Larosière, Europe and the EBRD (1996)
TextIn 1996, Jacques de Larosière, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), gives an assessment of the first five years of operation of the EBRD and discusses its cooperation with the European Union.