In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, describes the essential role played by the 1993 Belgian Presidency in establishing a common position in the Uruguay Round international trade negotiations.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, emphasises the remarkable role played by Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene in the negotiations on the distribution of the seats of the European Central Bank (ECB) and other EU bodies, and describes the institutional reform that would culminate in the Treaty of Amsterdam.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, particularly attributes the success of the 1993 Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union to the quality of the people involved, their good working relationship, a strong European conviction and an ability to compromise.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, describes the circumstances surrounding John Major’s veto on the appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene as President of the European Commission at the Corfu Summit in June 1994. He also looks back on the possibility that Étienne Davignon, former Belgian Member of the European Commission, might have become President of the Commission in 1981 or in 1985.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997 and a potential candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the Council following the 1993 Belgian Presidency, admits that he would not have turned down this role had it been offered him.

On 18 January 1995, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament, MEPs approve the appointment of Jacques Santer as President of the next European Commission by a narrow margin.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, analyses the achievements of the European Commission under the presidency of Jacques Delors, someone with whom he worked personally for almost eight years as Belgian Permanent Representative. He also speaks of the mutual respect between Jacques Delors and Margaret Thatcher.

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Belgian Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997, raises the issue of the lack of response by the European Union to the war that raged in the Balkans between 1992 and 1995, particularly in view of the ambitious wording in the Treaty of Maastricht concerning the common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

Interview with Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) on 27 January 2011 at the Ministry of State in Luxembourg City. The interview was conducted by Elena Danescu, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: Pierre Werner, Economic and Monetary Union from the Delors Report to the Treaty of Maastricht, the Stability and Growth Pact and the coordination of European economic policies, the future of the euro, and Luxembourg's role in the European integration process.

Video recording of the event organised by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) and the Pierre Werner Foundation on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City for the official presentation of the CVCE’s research project on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’, featuring a lecture by Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’. The event also saw contributions by Marianne Backes, Director of the CVCE, Pierre Gramegna, Director of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Charles Ruppert, President of the Pierre Werner Foundation, Marie-Anne Werner, and Elena Danescu, Researcher at the CVCE, who presented the first results of the project on the 1970 Werner Plan.