In January 1996, in the Revue du Marché Commun et de l’Union Européenne, Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission, Elizabeth Guigou, Member of the European Parlaiment, Nils Ersbøll, former Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, and Joseph Weyland, former Luxembourg Permanent Representative to the European Communities, all of whom are members of the Reflection Group responsible for making preparations for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) chaired by Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, Spanish Junior Minister for European Affairs, answer questions on the implications of the IGC.