In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the political achievements of Pierre Werner, Minister of State and President of the Luxembourg Government from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984 and Minister for Cultural Affairs from 1979 to 1984.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the withdrawal of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) from the coalition government with the Christian Social People’s Party (CSV) directed by Prime Minister Pierre Werner in 1968.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the consequences of her exclusion from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) in May 1970 and her subsequent continued membership of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the diminishing influence of trade unions in European affairs in the 1960s, especially following the merger of the executive bodies in 1965.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, secretary and editor at the Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband (Luxembourg Workers’ Union — LAV) from 1949 to 1963 and general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971, discusses her early days at the ETUS in 1963.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, secretary and editor at the Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband (Luxembourg Workers’ Union — LAV) from 1949 to 1963 and an employee in the liaison office for miners and metalworkers at the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1951 to 1958, describes the nature of her work at this time, especially in connection with European issues.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971 and a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989, explains why there were reservations among Luxembourg agricultural trade unions over the Mansholt Plan for the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, secretary and editor at the Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband (Luxembourg Workers’ Union — LAV) from 1949 to 1963 and an employee in the liaison office for miners and metalworkers at the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1951 to 1958, emphasises the involvement and interest of trade unions in the creation and development of the ECSC from the Schuman Declaration onwards.
In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, secretary and editor at the Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband (Luxembourg Workers’ Union — LAV) from 1949 to 1963 and an employee in the liaison office for miners and metalworkers at the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1951 to 1958, describes the personality of Antoine Krier, a trade union leader, member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and Minister for Employment, Social Security and Mining, Minister for Public Health from 1964 to 1969.