Interview with Edmond Israel, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 27 August 2010 at the Clearstream Head Office in Luxembourg City. The interview was conducted by Elena Danescu, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: the personality of Pierre Werner and his role in the creation of the country’s international financial centre and in the satellite project in Luxembourg, the role of Henriette Werner-Pescatore, the role of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange in the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union, and the role of Clearstream as a driving force for intercontinental cooperation within the international financial centre.