In this interview, Albert Hansen, senior Luxembourg official from 1969 to 2002 and Secretary-General of the Government from 1978 to 1998, discusses the contacts maintained by Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, with various specialists from the international financial sector including Jacques Rueff, former French senior official and economist, and Hermann Abs, former Chairman of Deutsche Bank.

In this interview, Albert Hansen, senior Luxembourg official from 1969 to 2002 and Secretary-General of the Government from 1978 to 1998, considers the working method employed by Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and Minister of State from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984, particularly in connection with his role as chairman of the international group of experts set up in 1970 to draft a report on the establishment by stages of an economic and monetary union in the European Community, and also with regard to preparations for meetings of the European Council.