In this interview excerpt, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1979 to 1980 and from 1988 to 1995, recalls his meetings with eminent European figures while in this post, including Valéry Giscard-d’Estaing, Jacques Delors, Alexander Dubcek, Lech Walesa and Bronislaw Geremek.

In this interview excerpt, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1979 to 1980 and from 1988 to 1995, discusses the role of the national parliaments and interparliamentary cooperation in European affairs. He also speaks about the European Convention, the referendums on the Constitutional Treaty, preparations for the Belgian Presidency of the European Union in 2010 and the Treaty of Lisbon.