On 6 March 2013, in connection with the ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ research project, the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) held a conference entitled EMU at the crossroads in Luxembourg City. Speakers at the conference were Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and outgoing President of the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Trichet, Honorary Governor of the Banque de France and former President of the European Central Bank, René Leboutte, Chairman of the CVCE’s Committee of Experts, Susana Muñoz, Head of the CVCE’s European Integration Studies Department and member of the Management Committee, and Elena Danescu, Researcher at the CVCE and coordinator of the ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ research project.