History of European Integration; Luxembourg in European Integration process; Belgium in European Integration process; Economic and Monetary Union; The Werner Report; The Delors Report; The Maastricht Treaty; Euro; Eurogroup; The European Investment Bank; The European bank for reconstruction and Development; European Governance; Pierre Werner; Jacques Santer; Jean-Claude Juncker; Philippe Maystadt, Minister of Finance of Belgium
Abstract :
[en] In the framework of the research project "Pirre Werner and Europe", interview with Philippe Maystadt, Professor of Law at the Université catholique de Louvain since 1989, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs from 1986 to 1988, Minister for Finance from 1988 to 1995, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Foreign Trade from 1995 to 1998, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1997 to 1998 and President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2000 to 2011, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 11 November 2015 at Philippe Maystadt’s home in Nivelles. The interview was conducted by Dr Elena Danescu, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: Belgium and the European integration process, the Delors Report and the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the creation and aims of the EBRD, Maystadt’s time as President of the EIB and the Maystadt report on the reform of European governance.
Research center :
CVCE - Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe - Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
Economic systems & public economics History Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others General economics & history of economic thought International economics Macroeconomics & monetary economics
Author, co-author :
Danescu, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Klein, Francois ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Maystadt, Philippe
Language :
French
Title :
Audiovisual work- Interview with Philippe Maystadt, Nivelles 11 November 2016 (Lenght 01:57:16)
Structure of the interview:
1. Minister for Finance (1988–1998)
2. The negotiations leading to the Maastricht Treaty
3. The creation and aims of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
4. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Foreign Trade (1995–1998)
5. President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) (2000–2011)
6. The Maystadt report on the reform of European governance (2013–2015)
