In this interview, Jacques Santer, former President of the Luxembourg Christian Social People’s Party (CSV), recalls the implications and the objectives of the founding, on 8 July 1976, of the European People’s Party (EPP).

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former President of the Luxembourg Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and former Chairman of the European People's Party (EPP), considers the doctrine and the Christian Democratic concept of a united Europe, highlighting the difficulties faced by the EPP in integrating the Conservative parties of Spain, Portugal and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs).

On 28 June 1967, the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) meets for the last time in Luxembourg. On 1 July, the Treaty — signed in Brussels on 8 April 1965 — whereby the executive bodies of the ECSC, the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) were merged enters into force. The Single Commission will hold its first meeting in Brussels on 6 July with the Belgian, Jean Rey, in the chair.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister, outlines the role played by the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the advantages of the principle of rotation.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, summarises the origins of the Single European Act (SEA), drawing particular attention to the last-minute difficulties that arose at the Luxembourg European Council held on 2 and 3 December 1985.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, considers the successful cooperation, in the second half of 1985, between the Luxembourg Government and the European Commission, presided over by Jacques Delors, in the preparations for the Single European Act (SEA).

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, comments on the work of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on Political Union and recalls the origins of the three-pillar institutional structure which the Luxembourg Presidency proposed on 17 April 1991 for the future Treaty on European Union.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Finance Minister, recalls the implications of and the challenges posed by the establishment of the European Monetary System (EMS) in 1979.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former President of the European Commission, recalls certain issues which affected the progress, between 1995 and 1999, of the second and third stages of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former President of the European Commission, describes the progress achieved with the Treaty of Amsterdam, which entered into force on 1 May 1999, as well as its shortcomings, particularly in the field of internal security.