In this interview excerpt, Willy Claes, Belgian Foreign Minister from 1992 to 1994 and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) from 1994 to 1995, compares the methods by which NATO and the European Council operate. He believes that the unanimity rule is a cause of inefficacy when seeking compromises.

In this interview excerpt, Willy Claes, Belgian Minister for Economic Affairs from 1973 to 1974, from 1977 to 1982 and from 1988 to 1992, Foreign Minister from 1992 to 1994 and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) from 1994 to 1995, gives his assessment of the development of the European Union, the European Union’s place and role in international politics and the place of Belgium in these developments. He believes that the European Union should continue along the path of integration.

In this interview excerpt, Willy Claes, Belgian Minister for Economic Affairs from 1973 to 1974, from 1977 to 1982 and from 1988 to 1992, Foreign Minister from 1992 to 1994 and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) from 1994 to 1995, emphasises the importance of the eminent political figures Willy Brandt, German Federal Chancellor from 1969 to 1974 and President of the Socialist International from 1976 to 1992, François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995, Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998, and Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995.