The Werner Report and the Delors Report
The Werner Report and the Delors Report
Pierre Werner, Vom Werner-Plan zum Europäischen Währungssystem (EWS) (1980)
TextIm Jahr 1980 hält der luxemburgische Regierungspräsident Pierre Werner vor dem Institut royal des relations internationales in Brüssel einen Vortrag zum Thema Vom Werner-Plan zum Europäischen Währungssystem (EWS).
Rede von Pierre Werner über Luxemburg in der internationalen Finanzwelt (Luxemburg, 4. Juni 1983)
TextAm 4. Juni 1983 hält der luxemburgische Regierungspräsident Pierre Werner eine Rede vor dem 25. Kongress der internationalen Vereinigung der Devisenhändler eine Rede über Luxemburg in der internationalen Finanzwelt.
Jacques Delors
BildIn April 1989, Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, proposes to the Twelve the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in three stages, intended to lead to the adoption of a single European currency.
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).
'Monetary union requires the EC to sign a new Treaty similar to the Single Act, says the Delors report' from El País
TextOn 18 April 1989, the Spanish daily newspaper El País analyses the impact of the economic and monetary union (EMU) propounded by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, on the functioning of the European Communities.
‘Report by the Delors Committee: Three stages to establish European economic and monetary union’ from Le Monde (18 April 1989)
TextOn 18 April 1989, the French daily newspaper Le Monde comments on the Delors Report on the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
'The Report on the EMU — Weak points of the British position' from Europe (19 April 1989)
TextOn 19 April 1989, Emanuele Gazzo, Director of Agence Europe, criticises the position taken by Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, and by Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Delors Report on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
‘The EMU Report: For a "historic convergence"' from Europe (21 April 1989)
TextOn 21 April 1989, Emanuele Gazzo, Director of Agence Europe, urges the political leaders of the Twelve to respond positively to the proposals set out in the Delors Report on the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
'Delors: now for two-speed EC?' from The Guardian (19 April 1989)
TextOn 19 April 1989, the British left-wing newspaper The Guardian wonders whether the Delors Plan for Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) will not help to create a two-speed Europe.
Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years
TextMargaret Thatcher, the then British Prime Minister, recalls the publication of the Delors Report in April 1989 and describes her critical response to the plan.
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.
Pressekonferenz von Felipe González Márquez und Jacques Delors nach dem Europäischen Rat von Madrid (27. Juni 1989)
VideoNach dem Europäischen Rat von Madrid erläutern Felipe Gonzalez Marquez, spanischer Ministerpräsident und amtierender Ratsvorsitzender der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, und Jacques Delors, Präsident der Europäischen Kommission, am 27. Juni 1989 die wichtigsten Punkte der drei Stufen, die schließlich zur Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion (WWU) führen sollen.
'European unity relies on wider monetary stability' from The Guardian (28 June 1989)
TextOn 28 June 1989, the day after the Madrid European Council’s decision to approve the gradual implementation of economic and monetary union (EMU), the British left-wing daily newspaper The Guardian calls for the European states to implement greater monetary discipline.
‘The single currency after Madrid' from Le Monde (4 July 1989)
TextOn 4 July 1989, commenting on the outcome of the Madrid European Council held on 26 and 27 June, the French daily newspaper Le Monde indicates some ambiguities in the Delors Report and the Twelve’s difficulties in securing a joint definition of the aims of and the arrangements for Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
Reactions from the Bruges Group to the Delors Report on EMU (2 November 1989)
TextOn 2 November 1989, the Bruges Group, a British think-tank, calls on British MPs to reject the Delors Report on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
Pierre Werner gives his views on the Delors Report (1989)
TextIn a text from 1989, Pierre Werner compares the two stage-by-stage plans for an economic and monetary union: the Werner Report (8 October 1970) and the Delors Report (12 April 1989).
John Major's point of view on the Delors Report (London, 2 July 1990)
TextOn 2 July 1990, John Major, Chancellor of the Exchequer, expresses his point of view on the Delors Report and on the different stages of economic and monetary union (EMU).
Jacques Delors gives his views on the Werner Report (1992)
TextIn a lecture given in 1992, Jacques Delors analyses the similarities and differences between the two stage-by-stage plans for an economic and monetary union: the Werner Report (8 October 1970) and the Delors Report (12 April 1989).