In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former Diplomatic Adviser to French President François Mitterrand, discusses the state of European integration when Mitterrand came to power in 1981 and outlines the first actions taken by the Head of State in the area of Community policy.

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, 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 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.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former French Foreign Minister, describes the workings of the French Government in dealing with European issues.

In this interview, Hubert Védrine, former Diplomatic Adviser to French President François Mitterrand, former Spokesman then Secretary-General for the Presidency of the Republic and former Foreign Minister, emphasises the role played by Germany and its Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, in the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union.