Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

13:00/14:30 - 29 April 2010 

09:00/18:00 - Thursday, 6 May 2010 and 09:00/13:30 - Friday, 7 May 2010

China, the European Union and the Restructuring of Global Governance 

This Conference will analyze to what extent China and the EU share the same perception of the global governance crisis. Could they converge on cooperative solutions on finance, economy, trade, climate, energy and security related matters? How can potentially different views about the reorganization of global governance be reconciled? What are the possible scenarios for the evolution of China-EU relations in case of a failure of the transformation of the global governance system? Can EU member states adopt a common credible position on these issues? Does China perceive Europe as a single power with a sufficient degree of autonomy from the United States on these new issues?  

The Conference will be held on 6 and 7 May in Brussels, at the European Social and Economic Committee (Rue van Maerlant 2, 1040 Brussels. See the map).  

13:00/14:30 - Wednesday, 10 March 2010

IMF in the Eurozone: Last Resort or Wrong Signal? 

Eurozone countries are finding themselves in the very uncomfortable position of suffering anemic growth and skyrocketing unemployment under the constraints imposed by unsustainable deficits. As such, after 10 years the single currency turns out to be not enough to prevent the concrete possibility of sovereign defaults. Is it time to call in the IMF as suggested by many voices? Or should Europe start coping with asymmetrical shocks through its own mechanisms?

To debate these issues, the Madariaga Foundation has invited Wolfgang Munchau, columnist at the Financial Times, and André Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Senior Fellow at Bruegel, for a debate at one of its Citizen's Controversies Wednesday 10 March 2010. 

The debate was moderated by Pierre Defraigne, Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation.

13:00/14:30 - Monday, 22 February 2010

What Room for the Financing of the EU under Present Budgetary Constraints? 

Against a backdrop of crisis in the Eurozone, and as the EU gains in competences under the Lisbon Treaty, where can alternative sources of finance be found to ensure that the EU plays its role and drives policies that meet these challenges?

A Citizen's Controversy with Hervé Jouanjean, Director General for DG Budget, European Commission, and Jean-Luc Dehaene, MEP (EPP), Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament's Budget Committee. 

The debate was moderated by Pierre Defraigne, Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation.

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