Bourgmeisterin Episode #57: Pierre Werner, the father of Euro, part 2
Update: 2025-11-16
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๐๏ธ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด!๐๏ธ
If Luxembourg ever had a mastermind behind its โ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ energy, it was ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผโจ He wasnโt just Luxembourgโs Prime Minister โ he was the guy who turned the Grand Duchy into a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ช๐บ From brokering the ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ (because who doesnโt love a good political cliffhanger?) to building Kirchbergโs European Quarter, Werner made sure Luxembourg wasnโt just on the map โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
When Belgium๐ง๐ช randomly devalued its currency in โ82 ๐ณ, Werner didnโt panic โ he built ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ for its future ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ. And while everyone else was still thinking โbanks and steel,โ he was already dreaming ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ and a ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฐ The result? A Luxembourg so ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ it ended up helping invent the euro.
Oh, and in his โspareโ time, he also gave Luxembourg its ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, a national culture fund, and a new generation of leaders (๐ hello, young Juncker!).
Pierre Werner: part economist, part visionary, part secret agent of Europeโs rise.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
If Luxembourg ever had a mastermind behind its โ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ energy, it was ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผโจ He wasnโt just Luxembourgโs Prime Minister โ he was the guy who turned the Grand Duchy into a ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ช๐บ From brokering the ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ (because who doesnโt love a good political cliffhanger?) to building Kirchbergโs European Quarter, Werner made sure Luxembourg wasnโt just on the map โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
When Belgium๐ง๐ช randomly devalued its currency in โ82 ๐ณ, Werner didnโt panic โ he built ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ for its future ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ. And while everyone else was still thinking โbanks and steel,โ he was already dreaming ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ and a ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฐ The result? A Luxembourg so ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ it ended up helping invent the euro.
Oh, and in his โspareโ time, he also gave Luxembourg its ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ-๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐, a national culture fund, and a new generation of leaders (๐ hello, young Juncker!).
Pierre Werner: part economist, part visionary, part secret agent of Europeโs rise.
Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!
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