On 28 October 1990, following the Rome European Council, Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, outlines the prospects for and the implications of the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

On 28 October 1990, following the Rome European Council, François Mitterrand, French President, holds a press conference during which he discusses, in particular, the launching of the second stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the nature of the future single currency, the ecu and the number of countries eligible to participate in EMU.

On 10 December 1991, following the Maastricht European Council, Ruud Lubbers, Netherlands Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, holds a press conference during which he assures his colleagues that the European single currency will become a tangible reality before the end of the 20th century.

On 31 May 1995, Yves-Thibault de Silguy, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Monetary Matters, Credit and Investments and the Statistical Office, holds a press conference in Brussels during which he outlines the advantages of the European single currency and sets out the schedule for the establishment in stages of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

On 16 December 1995, following the Madrid European Council, Pedro Solbes Mira, Spanish Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Yves-Thibault de Silguy, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Monetary Matters, Credit and Investments and the Statistical Office, and Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission, announce in successive addresses the adoption by the Fifteen of the name ‘euro’ for the new European currency.

On 1 May 2004, Bertie Ahern, Irish Prime Minister and Acting President of the Council of the European Union, makes a speech in Dublin in which he welcomes the historic significance of the enlargement of the European Union to include ten new Member States and he underlines the challenges that the Twenty-Five will henceforth have to face.

On 1 May 2004, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, makes a speech in Dublin in which he welcomes the historic significance of the enlargement of the European Union to include ten new Member States, emphasising the international implications of European integration.

On 1 May 2004, Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, makes a speech in Dublin in which he welcomes the historic significance of the enlargement of the European Union to include ten new Member States and expresses his admiration for the progress made by the countries of Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

On 29 October 2004, at the ceremonial signing of the Treaty in Rome of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, gives an address in which he summarises the evolution of the European integration process since the signing of the Rome Treaties on 25 March 1957, emphasising the present and future implications for the European Union.

On 29 October 2004, at the ceremonial signing of the Treaty in Rome of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch Prime Minister and Acting President of the European Council, gives an address in which he expresses his satisfaction with the progress made by the European Union and with its merits.