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List of Interviews
- (1) Interview, senior official German Ministry of Finance, Berlin, 14 March 2012.
- (2) Interview, senior official, German Foreign Office, Berlin, 14 March 2012.
- (3) Interview, senior official, German Chancellery, European department, 14 March 2012.
- (4) Interview, senior official, Ministry of finance of a HL country, Brussels, 11 January 2019.
- (5) Interview, former senior official from the German Ministry of finance, Brussels, 11 January 2019.
- (6) Interview, senior official from the Ministry of finance of an HL country, 14 January 2019 by phone.
- (7) Interview, senior official Ministry of Finance of an HL country, 15 April 2019, by Skype.