In this interview excerpt, Guy de Muyser, a diplomat in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1969 and from 1981 to 1991, Secretary and Head of Cabinet of Grand Duke Jean from 1969 to 1981 and Marshal of the Grand Ducal Court from 1971 to 1981, describes how he was recruited to the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry.

In this interview excerpt, Guy de Muyser, a diplomat in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1969 and from 1981 to 1991, Secretary and Head of Cabinet of Grand Duke Jean from 1969 to 1981 and Marshal of the Grand Ducal Court from 1971 to 1981, discusses the political action taken by the Luxembourg Government during the Second World War to develop an international diplomatic network.

In this interview excerpt, Guy de Muyser, a diplomat in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1969 and from 1981 to 1991, Secretary and Head of Cabinet of Grand Duke Jean from 1969 to 1981 and Marshal of the Grand Ducal Court from 1971 to 1981, describes the first stages in the development of Luxembourg’s international diplomatic network across the world.

In this interview excerpt, Guy de Muyser, Legation Attaché then Legation Secretary in the Political Affairs section of the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1960 and Legation Secretary then Legation Counsellor in the International Economic Relations section of the Foreign Ministry from 1961 to 1969, emphasises how important the Benelux and the European institutions such as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC) were for Luxembourg in the 1950s and 1960s.