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Werner¿s previously unpublished archives belonging to the Werner family opened for the first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.
