In this interview, Étienne Davignon, Head of Cabinet of the Belgian Foreign Minister, Paul-Henri Spaak, from 1964 to 1966, explains the reasons for the disagreement between France and the delegations of the five other Member States of the European Communities on the funding of the common agricultural policy (CAP) which was to lead to the empty chair crisis.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, Head of Cabinet of the Belgian Foreign Minister, Paul-Henri Spaak, from 1964 to 1966, considers at length the negotiations between the Member States of the European Communities that led to the ‘Luxembourg Compromise’ on 29 January 1966, which put an end to the empty chair crisis that had begun on 30 June 1965.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, Head of Cabinet of the Belgian Foreign Minister, Paul-Henri Spaak, from 1964 to 1966, considers the scope and identifies the weaknesses of the institutional compromise secured in Luxembourg on 29 January 1966 which put an end to the empty chair crisis.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, Head of Cabinet of the Belgian Foreign Minister, Paul-Henri Spaak, from 1964 to 1966, considers the role played by Paul-Henri Spaak in the resolution of the empty chair crisis.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, Head of Cabinet of the Belgian Foreign Minister, Paul-Henri Spaak, from 1964 to 1966, describes the disappointment felt by the European Commission following the institutional compromise accepted by the Six in Luxembourg on 29 January 1966.