Table Of ContentARCHIVAL INSIGHTS INTO THE
EVOLUTION OF ECONOMICS
PIERRE WERNER
AND EUROPE
The Family Archives Behind
the Werner Report
Elena Danescu
Foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker
and Preface by Harold James
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Elena Danescu
Pierre Werner
and Europe
The Family Archives Behind
the Werner Report
Foreword by Jean-Claude Juncker,
President of the European Commission
Preface by Harold James, Princeton University
Elena Danescu
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and
Digital History (C2DH)
University of Luxembourg
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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Pierre Werner (29 December 1913–24 June 2002)
Une oeuvre politique n’est jamais le produit de l’intelligence ou de la volonté
d’un seul homme. Le chef politique doit être avant tout le catalyseur des
énergies de ceux qui l’entourent et qui le secondent dans un grand dessein.
Je crois à la grandeur du métier politique quand il est porté par la volonté
d’unir les hommes.
[A political achievement is never the result of the intelligence or desire of
a single person. A political leader must above all serve as a catalyst for the
energies of those around him, those who assist him in the pursuit of a major
goal. I believe in the greatness of politics when it is underpinned by the
desire to bring people together.]
Pierre Werner, 1992
Acknowledgements
This study would not have been possible without the help of many peo-
ple, to whom I wish to express my gratitude—even if I realise that the
few words which follow cannot do justice to the valuable support that I
have received.
I would firstly like to extend my sincere thanks to the Werner family,
especially Marie-Anne Werner and Henri Werner, for opening up their
father’s personal archives, for their kind permission to publish several
of the documents unearthed from them and for their constant support
throughout my research on Pierre Werner’s philosophy and achievements.
My heartfelt gratitude also goes to European Commission President
Jean-Claude Juncker and Professor Harold James (Princeton University),
who kindly accepted to preface this volume and generously share their
personal thoughts, ideas and recollections.
I greatly benefited from discussions with the academic steering com-
mittee of the ‘Pierre Werner and Europe’ research project (2011–2016),
composed of Professors René Leboutte (University of Luxembourg),
Ivo Maes (National Bank of Belgium and Université catholique de
Louvain) and Sylvain Schirmann (University of Strasbourg and Sciences
Po Strasbourg), and with the members of the ‘Architects of the Euro’
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viii Acknowledgements
research project (2013–2016), coordinated by Professors Ivo Maes and
Kenneth Dyson (Cardiff University and British Academy). Significant
insights also emerged during exchanges at a number of conferences
and debates held by the European Society for the History of Economic
Thought (ESHET), the University Association for Contemporary
European Studies (UACES), the European Union Studies Association
(EUSA), the Italian Association for the Study of Economic Thought
(AISPE) and the Network for European Studies (NES), and also within
Robert Triffin International and the Pierre Werner Foundation.
I was privileged to receive much helpful advice and constructive
criticism of my writings in their various stages of development from
many other contacts, both academics and officials, especially Alain
Alcouffe, Matthew Broad, Michel Camdessus, Armand Clesse, Philippe
Duvieusart, Marie-Claude Esposito, Giovanni Farese, Luc Frieden,
Christian Ghymers, Pierre Gramegna, Albert Hansen, Erna Hennicot-
Schoepges, David Howarth, Harold James, Jean-Claude Juncker,
Antoine Kasel, Koen Lenaerts, Astrid Lulling, Yves Mersch, Xu Mingqi,
Guy de Muyser, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, Ion Popescu, Viviane
Reding, Charles Ruppert, Jacques Santer, André Sapir, Hanspeter
Scheller, Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, Blanche Sousi, René Steichen,
Alfred Steinherr, Niels Thygesen, Jean-Claude Trichet, Sir Brian
Unwin, Amy Verdun, Andreas Wilkens and Léon Zeches, as well as the
late Josette Elvinger, André Heiderscheid, Edmond Israel, Raymond
Kirsch, Jean-Claude Koeune, Philippe Maystadt, Jean Mischo, Michael
Palmer and Hans Tietmeyer. I am also grateful to the publisher Palgrave
Macmillan, particularly Rachel Sangster and Joseph Johnson, and to its
anonymous academic peer reviewers.
Finally, a special mention should go to all those who were involved
in diverse capacities throughout my research process, including my
collaborators and colleagues at the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance
sur l’Europe (CVCE), the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and
Digital History (C2DH) and the University of Luxembourg, particu-
larly Victoria Mouton, François Klein and Isabelle Vaillant, who shared
their expert opinions with me, and Sarah Cooper, for contributing her
linguistic expertise to the quality of this publication.
Acknowledgements ix
It goes without saying that I take full responsibility for the views and
interpretations expressed in this volume.
The usual disclaimers apply.
Elena Danescu
