In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, financial attaché to the French Permanent Representation to the European Economic Community (EEC) from 1966 to 1968, discusses his work in this capacity, particularly on the harmonisation of VAT and the merger of the executive bodies of the Community institutions. He remembers the state of mind of the civil servants from EEC Member States working in Brussels at that time. He also particularly mentions Jean-Marc Boegner, French Permanent Representative to the EEC in Brussels from 1961 to 1972, and Robert Marjolin, Vice-President of the European Commission from 1958 to 1967.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Assistant Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1971 to 1974, Deputy Director from 1974 to 1982 and Director from 1982 to 1984, discusses the various areas of activity he was responsible for during this period.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Deputy Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1982 and Director from 1982 to 1984, describes his involvement in the establishment of the European Monetary System (EMS) in the late 1970s.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Deputy Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1982 and Director from 1982 to 1984, describes the French politicians involved in European issues that particularly left an impression on him: Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Raymond Barre, François-Xavier Ortoli and Jacques Delors.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Assistant Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1971 to 1974, Deputy Director from 1974 to 1982 and Director from 1982 to 1984, explains how the 1970 Report on Economic and Monetary Union (the Werner Report) influenced French financial authorities when it came to European issues.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Deputy Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1982 and Director from 1982 to 1984, and Chairman of the Monetary Committee of the European Economic Community (EEC) from 1982 to 1984, discusses how he was appointed to this post and describes the composition of the committee.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Deputy Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1974 to 1982 and Director from 1982 to 1984, and Chairman of the Monetary Committee of the European Economic Community (EEC) from 1982 to 1984, describes the process that led François Mitterrand, French President from 1981 to 1995, on the advice of Jacques Delors, Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance from 1981 to 1984, to keep France in the European Monetary System in 1983, at the cost of what is known as the ‘austerity turn’, which meant abandoning devaluations of the franc, disinflation and the strengthening of Community monetary policies.

In this interview excerpt, Michel Camdessus, Director of the Treasury in the French Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1982 to 1984, Chairman of the Monetary Committee of the European Economic Community (EEC) from 1982 to 1984 and Chairman of the Paris Club from 1982 to 1984, describes the circumstances surrounding his election as Chairman of the Paris Club and the aims and workings of this organisation.