Sampaio Nunes, Pedro de

Interview with Sampaio Nunes, Pedro de

From the The European Commission 1986-2000. Memories of an institution Collection

Identity Statement

Interviewee

Sampaio Nunes, Pedro Miguel de

HAEU Reference Code

INT998

Interview Informations

Recorded in 26 May 2017 Lisbon
Interview by Francesco Petrini in English

Access Level

Open Transcript, Open Audio

Materials

Electronic File

Content

Abstract

During the interview, the following topics were discussed:
- family and educational background;
- Portugal’s accession to the EEC;
- professional experiences before joining the Commission;
- becoming Deputy Head of Staff of the first Portuguese Commissioner;
- portfolios’ distribution in the second Delors Commission;
- waves of liberalisation, security of supply, climate change;
- his work as Director for Energy technology and as Director for Conventional energy;
- dialogue with the OPEC;
- Commission’s representation in the International Energy Agency;
- regional approach of the internal market;
- impact of the collapse of the Eastern bloc on the energy sector;
- the 1991 Energy Charter;
- Delors’ candidacy to the presidency of the French Republic;
- fisheries;
- circumstances of his departure.

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