Pierre Werner and Europe

The Family Archives Behind the Werner Report

Elena Danescu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXXIV, 520 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-40468-0 (ISBN)

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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 The author makes extensive use of Pierre Werner's previously unpublished archives belonging to the Werner family, opened for the first time for research purposes.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 onthe 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.

lt;p>Elena Danescu is an internationally renowned expert on the work and achievements of Pierre Werner. She is a Research Scientist at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History. She holds a PhD in Political Economics from the National Institute of Economic Research (INCE). She is Fellow of Robert Schuman Institute of European Affairs and joined the University of Luxembourg in 2016 and has been involved in several international projects focusing on European integration history and the role of Luxembourg and its elites in the European integration process, in EMU and in EU governance.

Introduction.- 1. Itinéraires luxembourgeois et européens: Pierre Werner's biographical highlights.- 2. The Werner Committee in context - monetary unification and European integration.- 3. Formation of the Werner Committee and an account of its work (March-October 1970).- 4. The Werner Report.- 5.Reactions to the Werner Report.- 6. The implementation of the Werner Report.- 7. The Werner Report: a blueprint for EMU?.- 8. Pierre Werner and the Werner Report.- 9. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.03.2020
Reihe/Serie	Archival Insights Into the Evolution of Economics
Zusatzinfo	XXXIV, 520 p. 42 illus., 8 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	719 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) • Elites in shaping Europe • Euro • European economic integration • European integration history • Founding fathers of the Euro • Pierre Werner • Pierre Werner family archives • Small states diplomacy • The Werner Report • Werner Committee
ISBN-10	3-030-40468-4 / 3030404684
ISBN-13	978-3-030-40468-0 / 9783030404680
Zustand	Neuware