In The Room

Tim Gwynn Jones

The European Union behind closed doors. Tim Gwynn Jones talks to former top EU officials about the union's crisis years.

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9 episodes
Updated Mar 19, 2024

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Mar 19, 2024 · 39 min
"Market pressure was growing by the day" with Charles Dallara
Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance from 1993–2013, looks back on the world's biggest debt restructuring
Jun 18, 2023 · 47 min
"We couldn't accept that Spain could do better than Italy" with Vincenzo Visco
Vincenzo Visco, Italy's former finance minister, recounts the Italian-Spanish understanding that made the euro
May 5, 2023 · 52 min
"He was definitely not amused" with Lex Hoogduin
Lex Hoogduin, close aide to the European Central Bank's first president, recalls the ECB's first years.
Mar 4, 2023 · 46 min
"Now maybe we're a bit spoiled" with Klaus Regling
Klaus Regling, the man who built and ran Europe's financial "firewalls" from 2010-2022, looks back on a tumultuous crisis decade.
Feb 17, 2023 · 51 min
"We backed down and we started again" with Andrew McDowell
Andrew McDowell, Ireland's top economic official from 2011-2016, relives euro crisis brinksmanship
Jan 6, 2023 · 1 hr 5 min
"Trust was thin on the ground" with Georges Heinrich
Georges Heinrich, right-hand man to the Eurogroup's chairman from 2005-2013, recounts the EU's hesitant crisis response.
Dec 9, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
"Look into my eyes: you're gonna go bankrupt" with Thomas Wieser
Thomas Wieser, the euro area's top financial official from 2011-18, discusses the Greek crisis
Nov 11, 2022 · 43 min
"Reality took its revenge" with Ramon Fernandez
Ramon Fernandez, director-general of the French Treasury from 2009-2014, relives the euro debt crisis.
Sep 24, 2022 · 45 min
"Putin united Europe" with Erkki Liikanen
Erkki Liikanen, former European commissioner and European Central Bank governor, reflects on three decades at the top