In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Belgian Minister for Development Cooperation from 1979 to 1980, discusses the relationship between bilateral aid and Community aid in the specific case of Belgium and its African interests.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, describes the origins of the concept of subsidiarity and its scope in the context of European federalism.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, former Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, recalls the origins of the plan for a monetary union in Europe and the difficulties involved in its implementation.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, former Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, describes the personality of former Luxembourg Prime Minister Pierre Werner and recalls the tensions between Brussels and Luxembourg following the unilateral devaluation of the Belgian franc in February 1982.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Belgian Minister for Finance from 1980 to 1981, Prime Minister in 1981, Minister for Economic Affairs from 1981 to 1985 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, gives a mixed review of the activities of Benelux as a laboratory for Europe and as a model for other world regions. He also emphasises the reasons why Benelux cooperation gradually became less important over the years.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Belgian Prime Minister in 1981 and Minister for Economic Affairs from 1981 to 1985, describes the importance of the Davignon Plan for the restructuring of the European iron and steel sector, emphasising the economic and social implications of the steel crisis that hit Europe in the early 1980s.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, analyses the many reasons for the lack of popularity of the various institutions that make up the European Union (EU). He also sets out his Saturnian model for Europe, consisting of a large planet at the centre of the EU, which might be composed of the countries in the euro area, for example, surrounded by rings, representing countries in convergent transition.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Belgian Minister for Finance from 1980 to 1981, Prime Minister in 1981, Minister for Economic Affairs from 1981 to 1985 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, discusses the personality of François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995. He also emphasises the actions of François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998, in the unification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the process towards Economic and Monetary Union.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, discusses the events in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that led to German reunification, and describes his memories of his official visit to East Berlin on 20 November 1989.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, emphasises the symbolism associated with the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the compromise negotiated in this connection at the 1990 Dublin European Council. He also discusses the location of European agencies in Central and Eastern Europe.