
These testimonies can be consulted according to the rules established by the witnesses/interviewees and the Institutions concerned.Īccess to interviews may be subject to prior authorisation, to be obtained via email request. The HAEU gave technical assistance, produced the inventory and provided online access to the recordings and transcripts of the interviews. This oral history programme was launched in relation to the publication of The European Commission 1986-2000: History and Memories of an Institution (2019), the third volume on the history of the European Commission.Ĭarried out by a team of international historians, under the direction of Vincent Dujardin, Éric Bussière, Piers Ludlow, Federico Romero, Dieter Schlenker and Antonio Varsori, it comprises interviews conducted with senior European Union officials.įifty-two professors and researchers, belonging to more than thirty universities or research centers in Europe or the United States and to about fifteen countries, took part in the work of this consortium. Jean Monnet – Statesman of Interdependence,Ĭollecting memories: European Parliament 1979-2019.Īccess to interviews may be subject to prior authorisation, to be obtained via The European Commission 1986-2000: Memories of an Institution, The European Commission 1973-1986: Memories of an Institution, The European Commission 1958-1973: Memories of an Institution,


The oral history holdings of the Archives comprise more than 900 interviews, divided among ten distinct programmes:

This section brings together the transcripts, described in a short abstract and indexed by keywords, pertaining to all the oral history programmes. The Archives preserves the original recordings and written transcripts and makes these materials available for research. The Historical Archives of the European Union is the repository for various oral history programmes, launched to preserve the voices of European politicians and officials.
