In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, speaks about the circumstances in which Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa was appointed as Chairman of Notre Europe in 2005. She also describes how work was organised at Notre Europe under the chairmanship of Padoa-Schioppa.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, discusses how Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005, Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010, viewed the role and impact that Notre Europe should have on European issues.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, discusses how Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa combined his role as Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008 with his position as Chairman of Notre Europe during the same period.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, describes the personality of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005, Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010, and speaks about the origins of his commitment to Europe.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, describes the European vision of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005, Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010, and discusses his position on federalism.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Trichet, Director of the French Treasury from 1987 to 1993, Governor of the Banque de France from 1993 to 2003 and President of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2003 to 2011, discusses the work of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa during his time as a member of the first Executive Board of the ECB from 1998 to 2005, where he had particular responsibility for international relations.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Trichet, Director of the French Treasury from 1987 to 1993, Governor of the Banque de France from 1993 to 2003 and President of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2003 to 2011, discusses the work of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa at the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008.

In this interview excerpt, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative to the European Communities from 1984 to 1991, looks back at the European Council in Luxembourg on 2 and 3 December 1985, where the Heads of State or Government of the Ten eventually managed to reach an agreement on the outcome of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which led to the Single European Act and gave a new boost to the European Communities.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Trichet, Director of the French Treasury from 1987 to 1993, Governor of the Banque de France from 1993 to 2003 and President of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2003 to 2011, describes the personality of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008, and emphasises Padoa-Schioppa’s strong commitment to Europe.

In this interview excerpt, Ignazio Visco, economist, senior official at the Bank of Italy since 1971 and Governor of the Bank of Italy since 2011, discusses how he met Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a senior official at the Bank of Italy from 1968 onwards and Deputy Director General from 1984 to 1997. Visco also describes Padoa-Schioppa’s influence at the Bank of Italy.