Transcription of the interview with Pierre Bernard-Reymond, State Secretary to the French Foreign Minister with responsibility for European Affairs from 1979 to 1981, Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1986 and from 1989 to 1999 and Senator for the Hautes-Alpes département from 2007 to 2014, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 11 March 2009 at the French Senate in Paris. The interview was conducted by Frédéric Clavert, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: France’s European policy, the accession negotiations with Greece, Spain, Portugal and Romania, the development of the powers and roles of the European Parliament, the French Senate and European questions and the future prospects of the European Union.