In June 1969, Pierre Werner, Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Luxembourg, announces his ideas on the European Communities’ monetary policy in Nieuw Europa, the monthly bulletin of the Dutch Section of the European Movement.

On 4 March 1970, the Commission of the European Communities submits a communication to the Council on the principles that should be taken into consideration for the establishment of a plan in stages for economic and monetary union.

In this interim report to the Council and the Commission dated 23 July 1970 on the establishment by stages of economic and monetary union, the group chaired by the Luxembourger Pierre Werner seeks to identify the main options guiding its work.

In an internal circular dated 10 August 1970, the German Foreign Office reviews the work of the Werner Group, which has been tasked with drawing up a report on the gradual establishment of economic and monetary union in the European Community.

On 8 October 1970, the Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Pierre Werner, submits his final report on the feasibility of economic and monetary union (EMU) to the Council of Ministers and to the European Commission.

On 8 October 1970, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, presents his final report to the press on the prospects for the step-by-step achievement of economic and monetary union (EMU).

In an RTL broadcast aired on 8 October 1970, the European Commission Vice-President and renowned professor of economics, Raymond Barre, outlines the proposals for economic and monetary union set out in the Werner Report.

On 8 October 1970, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, presents to the press his final report on the conditions required for the establishment of economic and monetary union (EMU) in successive stages.

On 16 October 1970, in Paris, the Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Pierre Werner, presents a report to members of the ‘Cercle de l’Opinion’ on the implications of European economic and monetary union.

On 26 October 1970, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, reports to the Council of the progress made by the Committee of Experts, of which he is Chairman, with regard to the stage-by-stage implementation of economic and monetary union among the Six.

On 27 October 1970, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera describes the hopes raised by and the criticism levelled at the Werner Committee’s proposals on the stage-by-stage implementation of economic and monetary union among the Six.

In his memoirs, the former Luxembourg Prime Minister, Pierre Werner, recalls why and how the Six took a formal decision in March 1971 to implement European economic and monetary union (EMU).

In 1969, in Strasbourg, Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State, Prime Minister and Finance Minister, speaks about European economic and monetary union (EMU).