Oral History
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, Philippe Maystadt a évoqué les sujets suivants:
- ses relations avec la Commission européenne;
- sa vision de l’institution;
- le traité de Maastricht;
- la participation des présidents de la Commission aux réunions du Conseil Ecofin;
- la création de l’Union économique et monétaire;
- sa vision des présidents Jacques Delors, Jacques Santer et Romano Prodi;
- l’évolution de la Commission au sein du système institutionnel européen;
- l’opting out britann
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Title:
Interview with Möhler, Rolf
Abstract:
During the interview, Mr Möhler discussed the following issues:
- European Commission;
- DGVI;
- DGI;
- GATT Uruguay Round (mid-term review, Heysel conference, Blair House Agreement, disharmonies study and rebalancing);
- MacSharry Reform;
- enlargement negotiations with Austria, Sweden, Finland and Norway;
- reform of the banana regime.
INT1083
Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Abstract:
During the interview Mr Micossi discussed the following topics:
- Industrial policy;
- Internal market;
- Telecommunications policy;
- IT policy;
- Trade policy;
- Cassis de Dijon sentence;
- China;
- Japan’s MITI;
- Eastern Enlargement;
- Mad cow crisis;
- Santer Commission;
- Flexi-security.
INT1084
Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, le témoin a abordé les thèmes suivants:
- son recrutement à la Commission en 1962 ;
- la direction générale de l’agriculture (DG VI) ;
- la politique agricole commune : développements des années 60 à l’an 2000, de la création du marche commun pour les produits agricoles aux réformes de la PAC (livre vert, MacSharry et Agenda 2000) ;
- la politique des marchés ;
- la politique des structures ;
- les négociations au Conseil des ministres ;
- Lomé I et les relati
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, Monsieur Mingasson a évoqué les sujets suivants:
- Delors et la question monétaire en 1985: directeur directement rattaché à Delors, Ecu privé, AUME, et Giscard d’Estaing;
- le Comité Delors: fonctionnement et son rôle personnel;
- les gouverneurs de banques centrales;
- le pacte de stabilité et de croissance;
- la politique budgétaire des États après 1998;
- la direction générale du budget en 1989;
- Paquet Delors 1;
- la 4ème ressource et les perspectives finan
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Title:
Interview with Mirel, Pierre
Abstract:
Topics discussed:
- Educational background;
- Circumstances of appointment;
- Career and status;
- European commitment;
- Career path after the Commission;
- Function and work in the European Commission;
- Key personalities (Commissioners and European civil servants);
- European Commission and the newly industrialized countries in the 1980s;
- Assistance to Central Eastern Europe after 1990;
- Phare program;
- Eastern enlargement.
INT1087
Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
During this interview, Mr Mitsos discussed the following topics:
- his educational background;
- his work as Head of department for European Community issues in the Bank of Greece;
- Greece’s accession negotiations;
- becoming Head of cabinet of Minister Grigóris Várfis;
- the Greek memorandum;
- the integrated Mediterranean programme;
- his appointment as Head of cabinet of Commissioner Várfis;
- prominent personalities in the first Delors Commission;
- Delors’ working method;
- the a
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Abstract:
In this interview, Lord Mogg recalls his time first as deputy Director-General and then as Director-General responsible for the Internal Market. He discusses the different working cultures of the various Commissioners he worked under, especially Martin Bangemann and Mario Monti, the contrast between being a deputy Director General and a Director General, and his effort to improve the management of his DG. Also explored is the Commission’s increasing interest in and activism towards the financial
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, Monsieur Mombelli a évoqué les sujets suivants:
- ses premières impressions sur la présidence de Jacques Delors;
- le rôle joué par Émile Noël, Pascal Lamy et Lorenzo Natali autour de Jacques Delors;
- l’Acte unique européen;
- le paradoxe apparent entre l’approche libérale de Jacques Delors et son appartenance au Parti socialiste;
- la chute du Mur de Berlin, la réunification allemande et l’élargissement à l’Europe de l’Est;
- la cul
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, Marc Mouligneau a évoqué les sujets suivants :
- les circonstances du déménagement du Berlaymont en 1991 (problème de l’amiante et sécurité insuffisante en cas d’incendie) ;
- la gestion du déménagement et de la relocalisation des services de la Commission par la task-force « Berlaymont » : collaboration avec les services et avec la régie belge des bâtiments ;
- la création de l’Office Infrastructures et logistique.
INT1092
Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Abstract:
In this interview, Mr Nymand Christensen discussed the following topics:
- Henning Christophersen;
- relations with European Parliament;
- European budget and its procedures;
- President Delors;
- Single Market;
- main phases in EMU process;
- Denmark and EU and EMU;
- liberal members of the Commission.
INT1093
Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Title:
Interview with O'Dwyer, Una
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, Madame O’Dwyer a évoqué les sujets suivants:
- sa formation et son entrée dans la diplomatie irlandaise;
- son travail dans la coopération politique puis à la représentation permanente en tant qu’Antici irlandaise;
- son entrée au secrétariat général de la Commission européenne;
- la mise en œuvre des nouvelles procédures législatives à la direction des relations avec le Parlement européen (secrétariat général);
- le suivi de la commission parlementaire de l
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2018
Abstract:
During the interview, the following topics were discussed:
- educational background;
- entering the Commission and the delegation in Tokyo;
- European conviction;
- career evolutions;
- the Commission’s organisation, working methods and reforms;
- his tasks in the Sutherland Cabinet;
- relations between the Commission and the European Parliament;
- achievements and personality of President Delors;
- his job as Head of Unit in the Task Force for Human Resources, Education, T
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
Au cours de l’entretien, Monsieur Ortún Silvan a abordé les thèmes suivants :
- les négociations pour l’adhésion de l’Espagne aux Communautés dans le domaine industriel;
- l’organisation du travail au sein de la direction «Acier»;
- les relations entre la direction, et le commissaire et son cabinet;
- la gestion des dossiers d’aides d’État dans le domaine sidérurgique;
- le volet externe de la politique sidérurgique communautaire;
- la négociation de l’accord multilatéral acier;
- les restructur
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Title:
Interview with Paemen, Hugo
Abstract:
During the interview Mr Paemen discussed the following topics:
Organization of workflow and division of responsibilities in DG I;
- Recruiting experts for Uruguay Round negotiations and collaboration with other DGs;
- Contacts with business groups and trade associations;
- Uruguay Round negotiations: an assessment;
- Head of Delegation in Washington DC, tasks and relations with Members States ambassadors;
- The WTO;
- Relations with the US;
- US presidents and Europe;
- The 1990s atmosp
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
During the interview, Mr Paleokrassas discussed the following topics:
- his educational background and career;
- Greece’s accession and restructuring programme;
- his relations with President Delors and the other commissioners;
- Rio+20;
- Ecolabel and Eco-audit;
- his relations with the directorates-general;
- the seat of the European Environment Agency;
- the appointment of directors-general;
- Delors presidency;
- White Paper (1993) and a new development model;
- the relations with
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
In this interview, Spyros Pappas talks about his early career, his ‘unconventional’ arrival at the European Commission. He specifically talks about the creation and development and challenges of DG Consumer Policy and the political relevance of the mad cow disease scandal for DG Consumer Policy. The interview also includes specific parts on DGX, its development and the PRINCE programme. Further Culture (including Culture 2000), Education and the European Commission’s audio-visual policy are touc
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
Abstract:
Durant cet entretien, Monsieur Paquet a évoqué les sujets suivants:
- son recrutement à la DG Transports;
- le livre blanc sur la politique commune des transports;
- la dimension internationale des transports;
- les négociations avec la Suisse au sujet de l’initiative des Alpes;
- le citizens network;
- le lobbying de l’industrie du transport;
- la durabilité du système des transports (sustainability);
- son parcours universitaire et son engagement européen;
- les élections européennes
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2017
Title:
Interview with Patten, Chris
Abstract:
In this interview, Chris Patten talks about the manner in which he was appointed Commissioner and his initial relations with the European Parliament, about his cabinet, about the quality and workings of the Prodi Commission, about enlargement, about the legacy of Jacques Santer’s resignation, about the Foreign Ministers with whom he worked, about relations with Javier Solana, about the importance of European foreign policy, and about policy towards North Korea, the Middle East, and China.
INT11
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Description Level:
Interview
Recording Date:
2016
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