In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, discusses the stages leading up to the publication of the ‘Delors Report', particularly mentioning the role of Pierre Werner, and describes the composition and work of the Committee of Governors, which he chaired, and which paved the way to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) enshrined in the Maastricht Treaty.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, considers the question of the non-participation of some Member States in the single currency, and particularly looks at the case of the Member States from southern Europe.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, describes the method he employed at the head of the Commission, and reviews his work.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, discusses the work of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008, as Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee from 1979 to 1981 and French Minister for the Economy and Finance from 1981 to 1984, discusses the circumstances in which he met Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa when he was a Director in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, a post he held from 1979 to 1983.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, explains the objectives and main points of the ‘Efficiency, Stability and Equity’ report submitted by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa to the Commission of the European Communities in 1988. At that time Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa was Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy, a post he held from 1984 to 1997.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, explains the role played by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy from 1984 to 1997, as part of the ‘Delors Committee’ that was set up to study and propose practical steps that would lead to the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

On 12 June 1985, at the signing, in Lisbon, of Portugal’s Treaty of Accession to the European Communities, Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, delivers an address in which he emphasises the historic significance of the accession of a free and democratic Portugal to the European Communities.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, discusses the negotiations that preceded the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, and particularly reflects on the role that he played in these negotiations.