Pierre Werner and Europe: The Family Archives Behind the Werner Report

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This book- which features a foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker and Preface by Professor Harold James- examines the European vocation and achievements of Pierre Werner (1913–2002), former Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, unanimously recognized as one of the architects of Economic and Monetary Union. The author makes extensive use of Pierre Werner’s previously unpublished archives belonging to the Werner family, opened for the first time for research purposes. The book analyses the Werner Report, negotiations within the Werner Committee, the emergence of the Committee’s views on EMU, their political commitment to a European currency, the similarities and differences between their ideas, their personal networks, the influence of the states they represented, their theoretical and methodological input and their contribution to the political consensus. Chapters shed new light on various aspects of the European integration process and also on the role of Luxembourg and its European policy. In addition, the author has carried out a series of original interviews with Luxembourg and European figures who share their memories and thoughts concerning Pierre Werner, his achievements and his views on the European integration process, and also other topics such as Economic and Monetary Union and Luxembourg‘s European policy. This book will be of interest and value to researchers, EU policy makers and students in the fields of political economy, political science, economic history and history of economic thought. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxiv Introduction (Elena Danescu)....Pages 1-17 Itinéraires luxembourgeois et européens: Pierre Werner’s Biographical Highlights (Elena Danescu)....Pages 19-32 The Werner Committee in Context: Monetary Unification and European Integration (Elena Danescu)....Pages 33-92 Formation of the Werner Committee and an Overview of Its Work (March–October 1970) (Elena Danescu)....Pages 93-160 The Werner Report (Elena Danescu)....Pages 161-202 Reactions to the Werner Report (Elena Danescu)....Pages 203-303 The Implementation of the Werner Report (Elena Danescu)....Pages 305-330 The Werner Report: A Blueprint for EMU? (Elena Danescu)....Pages 331-344 Pierre Werner and the Werner Report (Elena Danescu)....Pages 345-353 Conclusion (Elena Danescu)....Pages 355-358 Back Matter ....Pages 359-520