In this interview excerpt, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002, discusses his role as representative of Belgium, Luxembourg and Slovenia on the EBRD Board of Directors. He also outlines the EBRD’s priorities during this period, especially with regard to the democratic transition of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to a market economy.

In this interview excerpt, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002, shares his thoughts on the process of integration of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe into the European Union.

In this interview excerpt, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002, describes the people he worked with at the EBRD who left a lasting impression on him, including Jacques de Larosière, Ronald Freeman, Mario Sarcinelli, Mitja Gaspari and Miklós Németh.

In this interview excerpt, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002, shares his memories of the introduction of the European single currency, the euro, which replaced the national currencies of the Member States of Economic and Monetary Union.