Friends of Europe ‘s President’s Dinner hosted by FoE’s President Viscount Etienne Davignon lived up to its reputation as intellectually stimulating and entertaining with speakers such as Polish Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski, Executive Secretary General of the External Action Service Pierre Vimont and Dutch member of the European Parliament Esther de Lange prompting chuckles among participants for their …
It is the established custom of EU40 and the European Voice, with assistance from other groups, to organise a debate in the European Parliament on the eve of the election of a new President. We regard the election of the Parliament’s president as a significant event, worthy of a debate …
A high-level European Policy Summit, organised by Friends of Europe, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and EU40 and with media partner Europe’s World Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels – Wednesday 30 November 2011 With the participation of Štefan Füle, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Session I (10.00 – 11.30) : 20 years on, Who’s scoring …
EU40 and Microsoft jointly hosted a luncheon debate at the European Parliament with guest speaker Craig Mundie, the Chief Research and Strategy Officer for Microsoft. The format of the luncheon aimed to stimulate an informal debate among the participating young Members of the European Parliament, therefore the floor was open to discussion, after …
A high-level European Policy Summit on Wednesday 23 November 2011, Brussels With the participation of Günther Oettinger – EU Commissioner for Energy & Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Session I (10.00 – 11.00) – WEO 2011 Presentation : The rising tide of uncertainties Session II (11.30 – 13.00) …
Dear Sir, Following our last Plenary debate on the situation in Tunisia and Egypt, and in light of today’s historic events,I wanted to update you on the next steps in our work. I will go to the region on Monday. My visit will start with Tunisia, and I am …
EU40 and the U.S. Mission to the European Union were glad to invite your for a discussion with Martin Abrams, Executive Director of the Center for Information Policy Leadership. Executive Director of the Center for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, a path finding global privacy and information security think tank …
It was wonderful welcoming more than a dozen young Members of Parliament together with their staff and 100 Commission and Council officials to our Barbecue on Wednesday evening. The evening turned out to be a success and we used the opportunity to have a good time and exchange ideas in …