Pierre Werner; Luxembourg; European Integration History; Economic and Monetary Union
Abstract :
[en] Pierre Werner was one of the rare politicians to be associated with all
the major milestones in the building of a united Europe, from the 1950
Schuman Plan to the Fontainebleau European Council in 1984.
He placed the European integration process at the centre of
Luxembourg domestic policy, convinced of the need to preserve
national identity and sovereignty by adopting an international outlook.
Determined to set the country on a forward-looking path, he pursued a
pragmatic yet ambitious approach to economic diversification, focusing
in particular on consolidating the international financial centre from the
1960s onwards, nurturing the idea for a national shipping flag, developing
the audiovisual sector and launching the innovative satellite project
Research center :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others International economics General economics & history of economic thought Finance History
Author, co-author :
Danescu, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Luxembourg and the Small States Diplomacy
Publication date :
24 May 2019
Number of pages :
31
Event name :
26th International Economic Conference- IECS 2019 - Organizations and performance in a complex world
Event organizer :
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Faculty of Economic Sciences, Sibiu Romanian Academy Erasmus Plus Programme of the EU
