In her book Relighting the stars, Élisabeth Guigou, former French Minister for European Affairs and Minister for Justice, discusses the failure of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union to pursue the economic policies intended to accompany Economic and Monetary Union.

In her book Speaking of Europe, Élisabeth Guigou, former Adviser to François Mitterrand, discusses the outcome of the Luxembourg European Council held in December 1985 and outlines the progress made by the Single European Act.

In Speaking of Europe, Élisabeth Guigou, former Adviser to François Mitterrand and Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Questions on European Economic Cooperation (SGCI), describes the stages that led to the success of the Strasbourg European Council in the field of Economic and Monetary Union.

In Speaking of Europe, Élisabeth Guigou describes the two intergovernmental conferences to prepare for the Treaty on European Union, which she attended in her capacity as Minister for European Affairs in the government of Édith Cresson.

In Speaking of Europe, Élisabeth Guigou, former Minister for Justice of the French Republic, describes how, in her capacity as Minister, she promoted legal cooperation between the EU Member States and the establishment of a European legal area.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, Technical Adviser to Jacques Delors in the Ministry of the Economy and Finance from 1981 to 1982 and Technical Adviser to the President of the French Republic from 1982 to 1988, describes the process that led to the decision taken by the French authorities to remain in the European Monetary System (EMS) in 1983.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, Technical Adviser to the President of the Republic from 1982 to 1988 and Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Questions on European Economic Cooperation (SGCI) from 1985 to 1990, explains how the SGCI worked and its role in determining the French Government’s European policy.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, Technical Adviser to the President of the Republic from 1982 to 1988 and Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Questions on European Economic Cooperation (SGCI) from 1985 to 1990, outlines the way in which the main European issues were managed during the political cohabitation between François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, and Jacques Chirac, French Prime Minister, from 1986 to 1988.

On 30 June 1987, following the Brussels European Council, the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, and his Prime Minister, Jacques Chirac, reply to questions from journalists on the issue of the financing of the Community.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, Secretary-General of the Interministerial Committee for Questions on European Economic Cooperation (SGCI) from 1985 to 1990 and Policy Officer to the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, from 1988 to 1990, describes the additional work carried out after the submission of the Delors Report on the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1989 and discusses the differences of opinion between France and Germany on this issue.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, French Minister for European Affairs from 1990 to 1993, describes the main discussions that took place during the Intergovernmental Conferences on Political Union and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), launched on 15 December 1990 in Rome and on 9 and 10 December 1991 at the Maastricht European Council . These discussions led to the securing of an agreement on the Treaty on European Union.

On 9 and 10 December 1991, the Heads of State or Government of the Twelve meet as the European Council in Maastricht in order to seek agreement on the Treaty on European Union.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, French Minister for European Affairs from 1990 to 1993, describes the campaign for the referendum held in France in 1992 on the adoption of the Treaty on European Union.

On 4 June 1992, at the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Twelve in Oslo, Roland Dumas, French Foreign Minister, and Élisabeth Guigou, French Minister for European Affairs, describe the state of the European integration process after Denmark’s refusal to ratify the Treaty of Maastricht.

On 12 April 1992, in response to questions from radio and television journalists, the French President, François Mitterrand, highlights the implications of the ratification of the Maastricht Agreements and explains the constitutional procedure that must accompany this ratification in France.

In September 1992, the Socialist Group of the Ile-de-France Regional Council leads a campaign in support of the ‘Yes' vote in the referendum held in France on the ratification of the Treaty on European Union.

In September 1992, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, illustrates the narrow victory of the ‘Yes' vote (by 51.04 %) in the referendum held the same month in France on the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty.

On 22 September 1992, two days after France has declared itself to be in favour of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty, the French daily newspaper Le Monde analyses the reaction of the nation's political community to the close result of the referendum.

In this interview, Élisabeth Guigou, French Minister for Justice from 1997 to 2000, discusses her European action taken in this capacity in the field of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA).

On 15 and 16 October 1999, in application of the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Tampere (Finland) European Council adopts a series of measures with a view to the establishment of a genuine area of freedom, security and justice within the European Union.

On 22 November 2000, in a bid to help enhance judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the European Union and to combat organised crime, the European Commission adopts a communication in which it comments on the tasks assigned to the Eurojust unit which was established by the Fifteen at the Tampere European Council of 15 and 16 October 1999 in the form of a service, based in Brussels, consisting of magistrates, prosecutors, judges and other legal experts, seconded from each Member State of the European Union.