In this interview excerpt, Jean Mischo, Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate at the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1983 to 1986, outlines Luxembourg’s position during the Euromissiles crisis in the early 1980s. Debates were held at the time over the installation by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) of Pershing II missiles in the NATO Member States in response to the installation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) of SS-20 missiles in the Warsaw Pact Member States.

In this interview excerpt, Jean Mischo, Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate at the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1983 to 1986, describes the work that led to the reform of European Political Cooperation (EPC) so that it could be incorporated under the heading of European foreign policy in the Single Act that was signed on 17 and 28 February 1986. The work for the reform of EPC took place under the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Communities from July to December 1985.

In this interview excerpt, Jean Mischo, Director of the Political and Cultural Affairs Directorate at the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry from 1983 to 1986, discusses the preparations for and impact of the visit by the EU Troika to South Africa from 30 August to 1 September 1985 to help abolish apartheid. The EU Troika was composed of the Foreign Ministers from Luxembourg, Italy and the Netherlands, accompanied by their respective political directors, together with a Member of the European Commission.