In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the circumstances surrounding his early contacts with Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, discusses the nature of his professional relations with Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, particularly when Juncker was State Secretary for Labour and Social Security in the Werner Government from 1982 to 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, summarises the conception of European integration held by Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the influence that Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, had on his own European convictions.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the discussions he had with Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, about the issues surrounding the drafting of the ‘Werner Plan' on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, discusses the Extraordinary Ecofin Council held on 31 December 1998, on the eve of the entry into circulation of the euro notes and coins, and the personal tribute that he paid to Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, who, with his ‘Werner Report', is unanimously considered as the inspiration behind Economic and Monetary Union.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the national interests that need to be preserved for Luxembourg in the context of European integration, particularly referring to the benefits of the international financial centre in Luxembourg and the question of the seats of the European institutions.