Luxembourg; Pierre Werner; Monetary Innovation; Economic and Monetary Union; Luxembourg Compromose; Werner Report; FECOM; European Central Bank; European Governance; Acountability; Jacques Santer; Jean-Claude Juncker; Joseph Bech
Abstract :
[en] Pierre Werner (1913-2002) was Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister over three decades. He played a key role in shaping contemporary Luxembourg and European integration, gaining a reputation as a consensus-builder and for his innovative thinking on economic diversification and monetary policy. From the early 1950s, Werner argued the case for a comprehensive European monetary system with a common currency and a clearing house for central banks. He chaired the committee set up by the European Communities to draft a plan for the establishment of economic and monetary union (EMU), whose work led to the influential 1970 Werner Report, a blueprint for EMU and the euro
Research center :
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Precision for document type :
Critical notes/Edition
Disciplines :
History Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others General economics & history of economic thought Finance
Author, co-author :
DANESCU, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Pierre Werner
Original title :
[en] Pierre Werner
Publication date :
31 December 2025
Main work title :
Routledge Online Research Encyclopaedia for European Studies
Main work alternative title :
[fr] Encyclopédie de recherche en ligne Routledge pour les études européennes
Editor :
Pittoors, Gilles; KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven > Faculty of Social Sciences ; European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) > European Parliament History Service
Publisher :
Routledge Publisher (Taylor and Francis Group), London, United Kingdom
Collection name :
Routledge Resources Online
Pages :
8
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Finance Law / European Law
Development Goals :
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure 10. Reduced inequalities 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions 17. Partnerships for the goals
Name of the research project :
Routledge Online Research Encyclopaedia in European Studies
Routledge is the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences which publishing program encompasses groundbreaking textbooks and premier, peer-reviewed research in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Built Environment, Education and Behavioral Sciences.
Commentary :
The Routledge Encyclopaedia for European Studies, in collaboration with the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), is a comprehensive, user-friendly, and interdisciplinary companion to European Studies. It represents a flexible and dynamic alternative to textbooks for both teaching and research purposes, with contributions from a global, interdisciplinary team of academic experts, and is enriched by value-adding visualisations and multimedia. An enhanced research and learning experience tool for students and scholars, and fully cross-referenced and interlinked, it permits greater discoverability between fields, traverses and connects the major disciplines, topics, or sections, and is relevant to a wide range of scholars and students working in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Offering top-quality entries, rigorously peer-reviewed and updated and expanded twice a year, it is a primary, organic, digital resource for the field.
