In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the Luxembourg Parliament from 1979 to 1989, Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, Member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2010 and Vice-President of the Commission from 2010 to 2014, describes her family background and her childhood and teenage years in Esch-sur-Alzette.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the Luxembourg Parliament from 1979 to 1989, Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, Member of the European Commission from 1999 to 2010 and Vice-President of the Commission from 2010 to 2014, explains why she chose to go to university in Paris and describes her university studies, which led to a PhD in Human Science at Paris Sorbonne University.