In this interview excerpt, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister from 1979 to March 1981 and December 1981 to 1992, discusses the political consensus on European questions that prevailed in Belgium and in his parliament during his time as Prime Minister.

In this interview excerpt, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister from 1979 to March 1981 and December 1981 to 1992, looks back at the discussions that took place on the permanent seat of the European Parliament and describes his campaign for Brussels.

In this interview excerpt, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister from 1979 to March 1981 and December 1981 to 1992, states his position on the pro-autonomy — even separatist — tendencies that are beginning to appear in his country and emphasises the incompatibility of this movement with European integration.

In this interview excerpt, Wilfried Martens, Belgian Prime Minister from 1979 to March 1981 and December 1981 to 1992, discusses the strong European convictions of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993.

In this interview excerpt, Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Bundesbank from 1993 to 1999, head of division responsible for issues relating to economic policy and the economic order in the Ministry of Economics from 1967 to 1970 and former alternate member of the Werner Committee, recalls the circumstances surrounding the appointment in 1970 of Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, as chairman of the committee tasked with drafting a report on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union in the Community, known as the ‘Werner Report’ or the ‘Werner Plan’.

In this interview excerpt, Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Bundesbank from 1993 to 1999, head of division responsible for issues relating to economic policy and the economic order in the Ministry of Economics from 1967 to 1970 and former alternate member of the Werner Committee, discusses the work of the committee tasked with drafting a report on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union and describes the relationship between committee chairman Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, and the other committee members.

In this interview excerpt, Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Bundesbank from 1993 to 1999, head of division responsible for issues relating to economic policy and the economic order in the Ministry of Economics from 1967 to 1970 and former alternate member of the Werner Committee, describes the atmosphere during the work of the committee chaired by Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, which was tasked with drafting a report on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union in the Community. He also discusses the main problems addressed by the committee, particularly referring to the debates between the economists and the monetarists.

In this interview excerpt, Hans Tietmeyer, President of the Bundesbank from 1993 to 1999, head of division responsible for issues relating to economic policy and the economic order in the Ministry of Economics from 1967 to 1970 and former alternate member of the Werner Committee, describes his role in the work of the committee chaired by Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Minister of State and Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, which was tasked with drafting a report on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union in the Community.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 and Minister for External Relations from 1989 to 1992, gives a positive assessment of European Political Cooperation, whose origins can be found in the 1970 ‘Davignon Report’.

In this interview excerpt, Mark Eyskens, Belgian Minister for Finance from 1980 to 1981, Prime Minister in 1981 and Minister for Economic Affairs from 1981 to 1985, discusses the nature of the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers and the atmosphere of complicity that prevailed between the Ministers from the different Member States.