In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador and Special Adviser to European Commissioner Michel Barnier from 1999 to 2004, looks back at the work of the two European Commission representatives to the Convention on the Future of Europe, António Vitorino and Michel Barnier.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador and Special Adviser to European Commissioner Michel Barnier from 1999 to 2004, discusses the ‘Penelope’ draft, the name given to the draft European constitution drawn up by the European Commission while the Convention on the Future of Europe was carrying out its work.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador and Special Adviser to European Commissioner Michel Barnier from 1999 to 2004, looks back at the debates held within the European Convention Working Group on Defence, chaired by Michel Barnier, and describes the relations between this group and the Working Group on External Action.