In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, describes the nature of relations between François Mitterrand and the German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, explains why the European Councils in the early 1980s made no headway and discusses how François Mitterrand decided to devalue the franc and not to leave the European Monetary System.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, describes the origins of the very good relations between François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, explains how the French Presidency of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1984 enabled the EEC to break its deadlock.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, describes the place of European issues in François Mitterrand’s ‘Letter to the French People’ during the electoral campaign for the Presidency of the French Republic in 1988.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Spokesman for the Presidency of the French Republic at the time, describes France’s European policy from May 1988 to the second half of 1989.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, discusses the French Presidency of the EEC and the Strasbourg European Council held at the end of 1989.

In his book The worlds of François Mitterrand, Hubert Védrine, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic at the time, describes the Maastricht European Council, which ended with an agreement for a new treaty.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, and former Spokesman then Secretary-General of the French Presidency, emphasises the good relations between the French President and the German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, in matters relating to European integration, and describes the close cooperation between the services of the Presidency of the Republic and those of the Federal Chancellery.

In this interview, Édith Cresson, former Minister for European Affairs, comments on the nature of relations between François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl and their shared vision of Europe and Franco-German interests.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, and former Spokesman then Secretary-General of the French Presidency, summarises the organisation and workings of French diplomacy with regard to European issues during François Mitterrand’s term as President from 1981 to 1995.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former French Foreign Minister, describes his conception of European integration when he took up his post in 1997 and emphasises the influence of François Mitterrand’s European policy on this conception.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former French Foreign Minister, describes the development of France’s European policy in periods of political cohabitation, focusing particularly on the period between 1997 and 2002 when Jacques Chirac was President of the Republic and Lionel Jospin was Prime Minister.

On 21 November 1997, the French President Jacques Chirac and his Prime Minister Lionel Jospin reply to questions from journalists on the outcome of the Luxembourg European Council on Employment.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former French Foreign Minister, discusses the negotiations that led to the enlargement of the European Union to include 10 new states in 2004 and explains the position of French diplomacy during these negotiations.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former President of the European Commission, recalls the difficulties faced and the strategy adopted by the Commission in the late 1990s in the preparations for the enlargement of the European Union to include the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs).

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former French Foreign Minister, discusses the negotiations that took place under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2000. He focuses particularly on the European Council that was held in Nice from 7 to 9 December 2000 and led to the signing of the Treaty of Nice on 26 February 2001.

In this interview, Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002, discusses the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2000.

On 30 January 2001, in a speech at the University of Freiburg's French Cultural Center, Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister, highlights the importance of stronger Franco-German relations for the future of European integration.

On 11 June 2000, Hubert Védrine, French Foreign Minister, gives his response to the proposals submitted the previous day by his German counterpart, Joschka Fischer, on the aims of the European Union and gives his own views on the notions of federation and a Federation of Nation States.

On 5 June 2001, the day that the draft law for the ratification of the Treaty of Nice is submitted to the French National Assembly, Hubert Védrine, French Foreign Minister, outlines the strengths of the new European Treaty.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand, former Spokesman then Secretary-General of the French Presidency and former French Foreign Minister, gives his views on the future development of the European Union.