Invitation to the lecture by Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’, organised by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) and the Pierre Werner Foundation for the official presentation of the CVCE’s ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ research project on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City.

In this video sequence, a series of eyewitnesses describe their memories of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, particularly focusing on his European approach and achievements.

Video recording of the event organised by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) and the Pierre Werner Foundation on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City for the official presentation of the CVCE’s research project on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’, featuring a lecture by Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’. The event also saw contributions by Marianne Backes, Director of the CVCE, Pierre Gramegna, Director of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Charles Ruppert, President of the Pierre Werner Foundation, Marie-Anne Werner, and Elena Danescu, Researcher at the CVCE, who presented the first results of the project on the 1970 Werner Plan.

On 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, gives a lecture entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’ during the official presentation of the research project on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ being conducted by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE).

Transcription of the lecture entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’, given on 27 January 2011 by Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, during the official presentation of the research project on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ being conducted by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE).

At the official presentation of the research project led by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’, an event organised jointly by the CVCE and the Pierre Werner Foundation on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City, Elena Danescu, Researcher at the CVCE, presents the first results of the research work on the 1970 Werner Plan.

Expert contribution by Elena Danescu, Researcher at the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE), detailing the first results of the ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ research project, which she set out in an address during the event organised jointly by the CVCE and the Pierre Werner Foundation on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City for the official presentation of the project.

Press review of the event organised by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) and the Pierre Werner Foundation on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City, featuring a lecture by Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’, given during the official presentation of the CVCE’s research project on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’.