A Pragmatic Visionary Through a Century of Change – Pierre Werner

Elena DANESCU

doi:10.5771/0947-9511-2018-1-9

Contents
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- 1–4 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–4
- 5–8 Introduction Fernando GUIRAO Fernando GUIRAO 5–8
- 9–30 A Pragmatic Visionary Through a Century of Change – Pierre Werner Elena DANESCU Elena DANESCU 9–30
- 31–58 Durable dans les attentes, non durable dans la réalité:le développement durable de la PAC à l’épreuve des faits, 1957-2008 Giuliana LASCHI Giuliana LASCHI 31–58
- 59–78 The Genscher-Colombo Plan: A forgotten page in the European Integration History Deborah CUCCIA Deborah CUCCIA 59–78
- 79–94 The Idea of Europe at the Origins of the European People’s Party. The Making of the European Manifesto and of the EPP’s Political Programme Jacopo CELLINI Jacopo CELLINI 79–94
- 95–114 Ignoring Europe? Reassessing the British Labour Party’s Policy towards European Integration, 1951-60 Matthew Broad Matthew Broad 95–114
- 115–142 The intricate question of European democracy: national parliamentary debates on the European Elections Act of 1976 Hilde Reiding, Joachim Wintzer, Thorsten BORRING OLESEN, Marloes BEERS, , Valentine LOMELLINI Hilde Reiding, Joachim Wintzer, Thorsten BORRING OLESEN, Marloes BEERS, , Valentine LOMELLINI 115–142
- 143–166 Does the EU Have a Past? Narratives of European Integration History and the Union’s Public Awareness Deficit Kiran Klaus PATEL, Alexandros SIANOS, Sophie VANHOONACKER Kiran Klaus PATEL, Alexandros SIANOS, Sophie VANHOONACKER 143–166
- 167–186 L’OIT et les nouveaux États africains (1945-1963): un régionalisme de transition face au défi de la décolonisation Nadjib SOUAMAA Nadjib SOUAMAA 167–186
- 187–210 Book reviews – Comptes rendus – Buchbesprechungen 187–210
- 211–212 PHD Theses – Thèses de doctorat – Doktorarbeiten 211–212
- 213–222 Abstracts – Résumés – Zusammenfassungen 213–222
- 223–224 Contributors – Auteurs – Autoren 223–224
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JEIH Journal of European Integration History , page 9 - 30

A Pragmatic Visionary Through a Century of Change – Pierre Werner

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Elena DANESCU

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0947-9511-2018-1-9
- ISSN: 0947-9511
- ISSN online: 2942-321X
Abstract

As Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Luxembourg over several decades, Pierre Werner shaped the future of his country and was one of the rare statesmen to play a part in the progress of European integration until the mid-1980s. He played a major role in regional integration (BLEU, Benelux) and in EEC policy-making and gained a strong reputation for forging a political consensus between larger powers (Germany and France) and between diametrically opposed positions (‘economists’ vs ‘monetarists’). In this way he succeeded in defending Luxembourg’s vital interests, from the financial centre to the seats of the European institutions. Werner was involved in the major ideological debates of the time. Although initially in favour of a monetary approach, he was one of the first to develop arguments for a symmetrical economic and monetary union. The careful balance he imagined reappeared in the Werner Report of 1970 - a precursor to a full EMU in the EU. Based on the Werner family archives, and on an extensive selection of original interviews and published works, this paper examines Pierre Werner’s thinking and political action and his vital input to the European monetary integration.
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