On 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup, gives a lecture entitled ‘From the Werner Plan to the euro: 40 years of success and crisis’ during the official presentation of the research project on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ being conducted by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE).

At the official presentation of the research project led by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’, an event organised jointly by the CVCE and the Pierre Werner Foundation on 27 January 2011 in Luxembourg City, Elena Danescu, Researcher at the CVCE, presents the first results of the research work on the 1970 Werner Plan.

In this video sequence, a series of eyewitnesses describe their memories of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, particularly focusing on his European approach and achievements.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the circumstances surrounding his early contacts with Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, discusses the nature of his professional relations with Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, particularly when Juncker was State Secretary for Labour and Social Security in the Werner Government from 1982 to 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, summarises the conception of European integration held by Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the influence that Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, had on his own European convictions.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, describes the discussions he had with Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, about the issues surrounding the drafting of the ‘Werner Plan' on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union.

In this interview excerpt, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup, discusses the Extraordinary Ecofin Council held on 31 December 1998, on the eve of the entry into circulation of the euro notes and coins, and the personal tribute that he paid to Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Government of Luxembourg from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, who, with his ‘Werner Report', is unanimously considered as the inspiration behind Economic and Monetary Union.