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.