In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, summarises the origins of the Single European Act (SEA), drawing particular attention to the last-minute difficulties that arose at the Luxembourg European Council held on 2 and 3 December 1985.
In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, considers the successful cooperation, in the second half of 1985, between the Luxembourg Government and the European Commission, presided over by Jacques Delors, in the preparations for the Single European Act (SEA).