In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister, refers to the decisive role played by Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic, at the Paris Summit of 9 and 10 December 1974, with particular regard to the idea of convening a meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Nine in the European Council.

In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister, describes how he was appointed by his peers, at the end of the Paris Summit of 9 and 10 December 1974, to draw up a report on European Union and how he selected the team of people to support him in this task.

In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister, describes how his report on European Union was welcomed, in December 1975, by the Heads of State or Government of the Nine and outlines the main aspects of the text which were subsequently implemented in the process of European integration.

In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister and Minister for External Relations, considers at length the attitude of Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, towards the British contribution to the Community budget.

In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister and co-founder then first Chairman of the European People’s Party (EPP) from 1976 to 1983, outlines the political course of events which, after the end of the Second World War, led to the establishment of a federation of Christian Democratic parties in Europe.

In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister and Minister for External Relations, criticises the European Union’s attitude, which he considers to be ambiguous, towards Turkey’s possible accession to the European Union.

In this interview, Leo Tindemans, former Belgian Prime Minister, refers to the implications of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Final Act of which was signed in Helsinki on 1 August 1975.

Presentation of the European Parliament, the European Union institution given the task of representing citizens. This video clip outlines, in particular, the legislative, consultative and supervisory powers of the European Parliament, taking examples of its role in the following areas: the euro, the environment, health, the enlargement of the Union and humanitarian aid.

Interview with Leo Tindemans, a member of Jean Monnet’s Action Committee for the United States of Europe from 1960 to 1975, Belgian Prime Minister from 1974 to 1978, President of the European People’s Party (EPP) from 1976 to 1985, Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981 and from 1989 to 1999 and Minister for External Relations from 1981 to 1989, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 24 February 2006 at the headquarters of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (Christian Democratic and Flemish — CD&V) party in Brussels. The interview was conducted by Étienne Deschamps, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: Tindemans’ formative years, his memories of Jean Monnet, Christian democracy and European integration, the Paris Summit and the Tindemans Report on European Union, the United Kingdom and Europe, Benelux cooperation, the European Union’s attitude to Turkey and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).