In this interview excerpt, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative to the European Communities from 1984 to 1991, emphasises the importance of the Fontainebleau European Council of 25 and 26 June 1984, where an agreement was reached on the United Kingdom’s financial contribution to the budget of the European Communities. He also describes the Fontainebleau European Council as the starting point for a European revival, with the establishment of a single market on the initiative of the European Commission, headed by Jacques Delors from 1985 to 1995.

In this interview excerpt, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative to the European Communities from 1984 to 1991, recalls the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 1985 and describes the negotiations that led to the signing of the Single European Act. He also emphasises the close cooperation between the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) and the European Commission in the drafting of this treaty, particularly regarding the number of areas where decisions could be taken by a qualified majority and the extension of the powers of the European Parliament.

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, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative to the European Communities from 1984 to 1991, describes Luxembourg’s position on the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities in 1986.

In this interview excerpt, Joseph Weyland, Permanent Representative to the European Communities from 1984 to 1991, discusses the question of the seats of the European institutions in Luxembourg, particularly referring to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (the EU’s Trademark Office) and the European Central Bank.