In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1968 to 1971, shares his memories of the personality and working method of Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Minister of State and President of the Government from 1974 to 1979 and Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade from 1969 to 1980. He particularly mentions Thorn’s role in the development of Luxembourg diplomacy.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, a Luxembourg diplomat from 1957 to 1998 and Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1968 to 1971, describes how the organisation of the ministry changed over the second half of the 20th century and mentions the names of the Luxembourg diplomats involved in these changes.

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1968 to 1971, explains how during this period he was a member of the committee composed of the political directors of the Foreign Ministries in the six Member States of the European Communities. This committee, chaired by Étienne Davignon, Director-General for Policy in the Belgian Foreign Ministry from 1969 to 1976, was set up to draft proposals for greater cooperation between the Member States of the European Communities in the field of international policy. The work of the committee resulted in the Davignon Report in 1970 and in the establishment of European Political Cooperation (EPC).

In this interview excerpt, Adrien Meisch, Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1968 to 1971, shares his memories of the personality and working method of Pierre Grégoire, Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Armed Forces and Cultural and Religious Affairs from 1967 to 1969.