In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004, looks back on her main achievements in the field of education and culture and the primary difficulties she encountered when trying to push her initiatives through.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004, describes her efforts in the cultural field (book pricing and film production) to avoid the competition rules in force for other goods being applied to these sectors. She particularly mentions her concerted action with the European Commissioner for Competition, Mario Monti.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004, describes the origins and aims of the European Union-funded MEDIA Plus and MEDIA Training programmes, which comprised measures to encourage the development of the audiovisual industry.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004, describes the efforts made for the distribution and promotion within and outside the European Union of films produced in EU Member States.