In this interview excerpt, Élisabeth Guigou, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the French National Assembly since 2012 and a member of the Board of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank, discusses the work of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008, as Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, speaks about the circumstances in which Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa was appointed as Chairman of Notre Europe in 2005. She also describes how work was organised at Notre Europe under the chairmanship of Padoa-Schioppa.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, discusses how Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005, Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010, viewed the role and impact that Notre Europe should have on European issues.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1985 to 1995, discusses the work of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008, as Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010.

In this interview excerpt, Étienne Davignon, Member (1977–1981) then Vice-President (1981–1985) of the Commission of the European Communities with particular responsibility for the Internal Market, Industrial Affairs and the Customs Union, describes Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa’s influence in various European networks of influence, whether as Chairman of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2005 to 2010 or as a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group. He also discusses the influence of networks and think tanks on the development of European integration.

In this interview excerpt, Alfonso Iozzo, senior executive in the Sanpaolo banking group from 1961 to 2006, Chairman of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti in Rome from 2006 to 2008, member of the European Federalist Movement since 1963 and Vice-Chairman of the Triffin International Foundation, discusses the commitment to Europe that Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy from 1984 to 1997, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008, demonstrated throughout his career.

In this interview excerpt, Jacques de Larosière, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1978 to 1987, Governor of the Banque de France from 1987 to 1993 and President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1993 to 1998, describes Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa’s European commitment, particularly when he was co-rapporteur for the Delors Committee (the Committee for the Study of Economic and Monetary Union set up after the Hanover European Council) from 1988 to 1989, then a member of the first Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005.

In November 2003, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, an Italian and member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), criticises the shortcomings of the draft European Constitution drawn up by the European Convention and presented on 18 July 2003 in Rome to Silvio Berlusconi, President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, at the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC).

In this interview excerpt, Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2002 and Governor of the Banque de France since 2003, describes the European vision of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008.

In this interview excerpt, Romano Prodi, President of the Italian Council from 1996 to 1998 and 2006 to 2008 and President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004, outlines the European vision of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008.

In this interview excerpt, Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, General Secretary of the ‘Notre Europe’ think tank from 2004 to 2011 and political analyst at the European Commission Representation in France since 2011, describes the European vision of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005, Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of Notre Europe from 2005 to 2010, and discusses his position on federalism.

In this interview excerpt, Ignazio Visco, economist, senior official at the Bank of Italy since 1971 and Governor of the Bank of Italy since 2011, outlines the European vision of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy from 1984 to 1997, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005 and Italian Minister for the Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008.