Am 21. Juli 1994 gibt Michel Rocard, ehemaliger französische Premierminister und Mitglied der Fraktion der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Europas im Europäischen Parlament, in der Plenarsitzung des Parlaments in Straßburg eine Erklärung zur Ernennung Jacques Santers zum Präsidenten der nächsten Europäischen Kommission ab.

In this interview, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, former Belgian Foreign Minister, describes how he perceives the role played by Pierre Werner as Leader of the Opposition between 1974 and 1979.

In this interview, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior and the Civil Service from 1981 to 1985, describes the reactions of the Luxembourg Government to the devaluation of Belgian franc in February 1982.

Am 21. Juli 1994 gibt Ben Fayot, luxemburgischer Abgeordneter im Europäischen Parlament und Mitglied der Fraktion der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Europas, in der Plenarsitzung des Europäischen Parlaments in Straßburg eine Erklärung zur Ernennung seines Landsmannes Jacques Santer zum Präsidenten der nächsten Europäischen Kommission ab.

Interview with Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 4 March 2010 in the studios of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. The interview, conducted by Hervé Bribosia, Research Coordinator at the CVCE, particularly focuses on the following subjects: the beginnings of Philippe de Schoutheete’s diplomatic career and cooperation between the Benelux countries, France’s European policy from 1958 to 1961, various eminent Belgian figures in the 1950s, the 1966 Luxembourg Compromise, Pierre Harmel, NATO, WEU, the prospect of Spanish accession to the European Communities, the Tindemans Report, European affairs in the Belgian Foreign Ministry, the 1982 Belgian Presidency and the Stuttgart Declaration of June 1983.

Interview with Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 31 March 2010 in the studios of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. The interview, conducted by Hervé Bribosia, Research Coordinator at the CVCE, particularly focuses on the following subjects: the Single Act, political cooperation and the 1987 Belgian Presidency, Belgium’s European policy, Coreper, the beginnings of the single market and the Delors I package, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Maastricht Treaty, the 1993 Belgian Presidency, the achievements of the Delors Commission and the war in the Balkans.

Interview with Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 9 April 2010 in the studios of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. The interview, conducted by Hervé Bribosia, Research Coordinator at the CVCE, particularly focuses on the following subjects: enlargement to 15 Member States and the Ioannina Compromise, the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Treaty of Nice, the beginnings of the European constitutional process, the role of the European Commission in the work of the European Convention, the institutional reforms introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon and the origins of these reforms, the failure of the European Constitution and its consequences, and ‘the end and the means’.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador, describes the origins of his interest in European cooperation following the Second World War, particularly referring to a memorable trip he took across Germany to Copenhagen.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador who joined the Belgian Foreign Ministry in 1956, recounts the early days of his diplomatic career with respect to the cooperation between the Benelux countries in economic affairs and trade. This cooperation was deemed tangible and efficient, particularly in terms of the elimination of obstacles to trade in agricultural products, while the prospects offered by the Rome Treaties still seemed a long way off.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador and economic attaché in Paris from 1958 to 1961, recalls the unfounded fears, particularly in Belgium, regarding the future of the Rome Treaties following the return of General de Gaulle, whose intergovernmental views, embodied in the 1961 and 1962 Fouchet Plans, were opposed to the more supranational views of Jean Monnet that were advocated by other Member States. Philippe de Schoutheete also discusses the reasons for France’s opposition to the United Kingdom’s first application for accession.