Transcription of the interview with Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 1993 to 1999, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 10 February 2011 in Königstein im Taunus. The interview was conducted by François Klein, a Research Associate at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: the Werner Report, the Delors Committee and the Treaty of Maastricht, preparations for a common currency, the Stability and Growth Pact and the coordination of economic policies, the Member States not participating in Monetary Union, the role of the Bank for International Settlements and the future of the euro.