History of European Integration; Denmark and the European integration process; The Werner Report; The Delors Report; Economic and Monetary Union; Euro; European Governance; The Banking Union; Prospects for the European Union; Niels Thygesen; Tomaso Padoa-Schioppa
Abstract :
[en] In the framework of the research project "Pierre Werner and Europe, Interview with Niels Thygesen, Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen from 1964 to 1969 and from 1971 to 2004, Adviser to the Governor of the Danmarks Nationalbank from 1973 to 1983 and a member of the Delors Committee set up to study and propose practical steps that would lead to the gradual establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) from 1988 to 1989, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 9 March 2016 at Niel Thygesen’s home in Copenhagen. The interview was conducted by Dr Elena Danescu, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: Denmark and the European integration process, the Delors Report on the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union, and the challenges and prospects for the euro and the banking union.
Research center :
CVCE - Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe - Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
History Economic systems & public economics Macroeconomics & monetary economics General economics & history of economic thought Finance Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Danescu, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Klein, Francois ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Thygesen, Niels
Language :
English
Title :
Audiovisual work- Interview with Niels Thygesen, Copenhagen 9 April 2016 (Lenght 02:35:03)
The interview:
1. Youth and education
2. Danish Ministry of Economic Affairs (1961–1964), Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen (1964–1969) and Economic Adviser to the Treasury of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (1969–1971)
3. Head of Monetary Division and Studies at the OECD, Paris (1971–1973), Adviser to the Governor of the Danmarks Nationalbank (1973–1983) and Chairman of the Danish Economic Council (1983–1985)
4. Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Union in the European Communities – the ‘Delors Committee’ (1988–1989)
5.The Delors Report
6. Conclusions
