Lubbers recalls how he fought for the European common currency, and the accompanying Maastricht conditions to join the Euro. The inevitable clash with major power leaders, notably France's Mitterrand and Germany's Kohl, compromised his own ambition for the EU commission presidency, after which he planned to leave as PM but found himself in conflict with his groomed successor Elco Brinkman, which contributed to his Christian party's decline.
—KGF Vissers