In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004 and for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, shares her views on the challenges and difficulties associated with the fifth and sixth enlargements of the European Union.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004 and for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, shares her views on the limits of European Union enlargement.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004 and for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, shares her views on the prospects of Turkey’s application for accession to the European Union.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004 and for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, attempts to give a definition of a European identity.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004 and for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, discusses the concept of a multi-speed Europe in view of the current situation in the European Union.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sport from 1999 to 2004 and for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 and since 2014, discusses the current crisis facing the European Union, mentioning the political crises in various Member States and criticising the extremist views held by some political groups in the European Parliament.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, discusses the importance of the Court of Justice of the European Union as a factor for integration in the European Union.