In this interview, Pierre Moscovici, French Minister in the Foreign Ministry with responsibility for European Affairs from 1997 to 2002, describes the circumstances in which the Fifteen adopted the Declaration on the Future of the European Union (EU) and decided to convene a Convention on the Future of the EU at the end of the Laeken European Council on 14 and 15 December 2001.

In this interview, Pierre Moscovici, Minister for European Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry from 1997 to 2002 and representative of the French Government in the Convention on the Future of Europe in 2002, describes the circumstances surrounding Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s appointment as President of this Convention.

In this interview, Pierre Moscovici, Minister for European Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry from 1997 to 2002 and representative of the French Government in the Convention on the Future of Europe in 2002, expresses his preference for the method of the Convention, which he deems more effective than that of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC).