Interview with Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers (Ophain, 23 October 2015) — Excerpt: Training and early career of Jean-Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers in European affairs

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In this interview excerpt, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, an official at the World Bank from 1974 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1986, Economic Adviser at the Commission of the European Communities in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs from 1986 to 1988, Executive Director of the World Bank from 1991 to 1994, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002 and Chairman of Robert Triffin International since 2008, explains the origins of the European ideals of his father, Jean-Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers, a former Belgian diplomat and politician and early advocate of the European cause. He also discusses his father’s decision to become a civil servant. Finally, he describes the influence of the United States, through the Marshall Plan, on the early days of the European integration process.

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Source: Interview de Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers / BERNARD SNOY ET D’OPPUERS, Elena Danescu, prise de vue : Alexandre Germain, prise de son: Nicolas Donnerup. - Ophain: CVCE [Prod.], 23.10.2015. CVCE, Sanem. - VIDEO (00:09:40, Couleur, Son original).

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