Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

Europe 2020: Quelle différence avec la stratégie de Lisbonne? 29 April 2010

With Philippe Lamberts, MEP (Greens/ EFA), and Olivier Bailly, Head of Unit, Spokespersons' Service, European Commission

IMF in the Eurozone: last resort or wrong signal? 10 March 2010

With Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times columnist, and André Sapir, Professor of Economics at the ULB and Senior Fellow at Bruegel

Quelles marges de financement pour l'Europe dans les contraintes budgétaires actuelles? 22 February 2010

With Hervé Jouanjean, Director General for DG Budget, European Commission, and Jean-Luc Dehaene, MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament's Budget Committee

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Is Containment of Protectionism Working? Is it Enough? 17 February 2010

With David O'Sullivan, Director General for Trade, European Commission, and Simon J. Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and Director of the Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland

The WTO Ministerial Conference: Was it Worth a Try? 27 January 2010

With Esperanza Durán, Executive Director of AITIC, and Denis Redonnet, Head of Unit for WTO and OCDE cooperation, DG Trade, European Commission

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What's Wrong with Social Democracy in Europe? 22 January 2010

With Ernst Stetter, Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), and Philippe Marlière, Reader in French and European Politics at the University College, London (UCL)

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Will the new Chinese pension scheme boost consumer spending in China? 27 November 2009

With Huang Huabo, First Secretary General at the Chinese Mission to the EU and Robert Verrue, Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunies, European Commission

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La politique européenne de développement sert-elle suffisamment l'Afrique? 25 November 2009

With Stefano Manservisi, Director General for Development, European Commission, and Theodore Trefon, Director of the Belgian Reference Centre for Expertise for Central Africa and Head of the Contemporary History Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren

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Alternative Funds Regulation: A Wrong Target? 12 November 2009

With Elisa Ferreira, MEP (S&D) and Michael Vercnocke, Head of European Affairs of the City Office in Brussels

Les Irlandais ont voté: et maintenant?/ The Irish have voted: now what? 6 October 2009

With Piotr Maciej Kaczynski, Research Fellow at CEPS, and Jean-Victor Louis, Honorary Professor at the ULB

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Tackling Offshore Financial Centres: A Challenge for Development? 29 September 2009

With Eva Joly, MEP, Chairwoman of the Committee on Development

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The G20 and the EU : What Room for Manoeuvre for a Divided EU? 23 September 2009

With Nicolas Véron, Research Fellow at Bruegel, and Andrew Watt, Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

Is the EU on the Right Track with Financial Regulation? 9 July 2009

With Alexandre Lamfalussy, European economist, and Nicolas Véron, Research Fellow at Bruegel

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The Pros and Cons of Reappointing Mr Barroso 7 July 2009

With Véronique de Keyser, MEP, Vice-President of the Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Iñigo Méndez de Vigo, MEP, European People's Party

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Commenting the European elections / Commenter les élections européennes 22 June 2009

With David Rennie, EU correspondent for The Economist, and Jean Quatremer, EU correspondent for Libération

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L'Europe pèsera-t-elle plus dans l'OTAN de demain?  17 June 2009

With Ambassador Benoît d'Aboville, Former French Ambassador to NATO (2002-2005), and Jean-Luc Dehaene, President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe, Member of the European Parliament.

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How to Make Financial Regulation and Economic Governance Consistent within the Eurozone? 10 June 2009

With Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

European Common Bond Issuance: Enough or Too Much? 30 April 2009

With Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times columnist, and Thomas Westphal, Head of the Financial Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU.

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Patients' Mobility in Europe: An Advance or a Threat? 29 April 2009

With Robert Madelin, Director General of the Health and Consumers DG, European Commission, and Karsten Uno Petersen, Member of the South Denmark Regional Council, Committee of the Regions' rapporteur on the draft directive on cross-border healthcare.

The Fiscal Package: Why So Much from the US and China and So Little from the EU? 4 March 2009

With Prof. Paul De Grauwe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dr Feng San, Economic Officer at the Chinese Mission to the EU and Mr David Lippeatt, Chief of Economic Policy Unit, US Mission to the EU. 

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How to Enhance Energy Security in a Liberalized Market? 12 February 2009

With Jean-Arnold Vinois, Head of Unit, Energy Policy and Security of Supply, DG TREN, European Commission, and Fabio Marchetti, Head of Delegation to the EU, ENI. 

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Quelle transition vers une société vraiment économe en carbone? 28 January 2009

With Paul Magnette, Belgian Federal Minester of Energy and Climate, and Philippe de Buck, Director General of Business Europe.

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What EU Response after the Financial Crisis?  12 November 2008

With Nicolas Véron, Research Fellow and Chief Development Officer of Bruegel, and Francis Wurtz, MEP, Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left.

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Social Europe: back or forth? 1 October 2008

With Emmanuel Julien, Deputy Director of the MEDEF's Direction of Labour Relations, to the ones of Philippe Pochet, General Director of ETUI-REHS.

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Taking the Irish No for a Question 15 September 2008

With Benoît Hamon, Member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, and Iñigo Méndez de Vigo, Member of the European Parliament's Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats.

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