In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, underlines the pioneering role played by Luxembourg in the establishment of European Economic and Monetary Union.
In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes two particularly difficult moments in his European career: the negotiations for the creation of the European Central Bank and the failure of the negotiations, during the Luxembourg Council Presidency in 2005, on the financing of the European Union budget for the period 2007–2013.