Europe needs all of us to build its future.

"Anticipating change and EU policies in a new globalized world"

A contribution of Confrontations Europe to the Presidency of the European Union

Issues
Programme, Slides and photos
Minutes (Coming soon)
Sponsorings

This international colloquium has been prepared by 16 meetings (in Fench: séminaire). It has lead to a book published in September Looking for the European Interest .

ISSUES

The European Union has to become a global political player in order to shape globalisation. Its action should make world growth more sustainable and fair and to draw nations closer in order to prevent and manage conflicts in a peaceful way. But today the Member States defend narrowly their national interests and keep different opinions on external policies. We propose here new ways to overcome this fragmentation in order to define and share common views about what the European interest is. We are calling for a change of mind. The Europeans have to clearly assume the choice of opening societies and globalisation which also means a change in their lifestyle and type of growth. This means sharing European education and a renewal of the European social model. In order to found a true economic Union we propose a definition of what the domains of strategic common interests are and how to link together the Union’s internal and external policies.

Today the potential of the European citizens is not in motion and it won’t be unless there is a real collective commitment. We propose deep changes for the method and governance of the European institutions so as to reach this objective. We have to establish co-responsibilities between nations and the European Union and a capacity of coordination and leadership which remains very weak*.

Programme, slides andphotos

WEDNESDAY 29t h OCTOBER

OPENING

Claude FISCHER, Secretary General, Confrontations Europe

FIRST ROUND TABLE

A base camp for EU companies in a globalized world

Chairman:
François GAYET, Secretary General, Aerospace and Defence
Speakers:
Maria-Helena ANDRE, Deputy Secretary General, European Trade Union Confederation
Joachim BITTERLICH, Ambassador (ret) ; Vice-President executive International Affairs, VEOLIA Environnement
Edgar BUCKLEY, Senior Vice-President, Marketing Europe, THALES
Olivier GUERSENT, Deputy Head of Cabinet of the European Competition Commissioner, European Commission
Christophe MARTINOLI, Country head France, WIPRO
Luc-Alexandre MENARD, Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Renault
Michel WLODARCZYK, Secretary General of Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm

François GAYET	Maria-Helena ANDRE	Joachim BITTERLICH
Edgar BUCKLEY	Olivier GUERSENT	Christophe MARTINOLI

Luc-Alexandre MENARD		Michel WLODARCZYK
Slides Menard		Slides Wlodarczyk

DEBATE

Facing the financial crisis, what should the UE do?

Chairman:
Philippe HERZOG, Chairman of Confrontations Europe
Speakers :
Daniel DAIANU, Member of the European Parliament, Romania
Daniel GROS, Research fellow, CEPS (Centre European Policy Studies)
Alan M DUKES, Former Minister for Finance, Ireland

Philippe HERZOG

Daniel DAIANU

Daniel GROS		Alan DUKES
		Slides Dukes

SECOND ROUND TABLE

A new trade policy mandate

Chairwoman:
Ulrike GUEROT, Head of the Berlin office, European Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers :
Jacques BELTRAN, VP Public Affairs France, Alstom
Georges BOUCHARD, DIrector, GDF Suez
Emmanuelle BUTAUD, Head of the European and International Affairs Department, Union des Industries Textiles
Juan DELGADO, Resident scholar, Bruegel
Ferdinando RICCARDI, Editor, Agence Europe

Ulrike GUEROT	Jacques BELTRAN	Georges BOUCHARD
Emmanuelle BUTAUD	Juan DELGADO	Ferdinando RICCARDI

DINNER DEBATE

Chaired by:
Jean-Dominique GIULIANI, President of Robert Schuman Fondation
With the participation of:
Barid Baran BHATTACHARYA, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Gueorgui SKOROV, Professor, MGIMO University, Moscow ; Former Economic Advisor to President Gorbatchev

Jean-Dominique GIULIANI

Barid BATTACHARYA

Gueorgui SKOROV

THURSDAY 30th OCTOBER

THIRD ROUND TABLE

Financial system and investment: new challenges for Europe and the world

Chairman:
Philip WHYTE, Senior research fellow, Centre for European Reform
Speakers:
Michel AGLIETTA, Professor, Paris Ouest University
Mauro PETRICCIONE, Director, Services and Investment, Bilateral Trade Relations, DG Trade, European Commission
Martin SKANCKE, Director General, Asset Management Department, Ministry of Finance, Norway
Laurent VIGIER, Director, European and International Affairs, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
Ansgar TIETMEYER, Delegate of the Management Board for EU Affairs, Deutsche Bank
Wang YUN, Assistant Professor, National Development and Reform Commission, China

Philip WHYTE

Michel AGLIETTA

Mauro PETRICCIONE

Martin SKANCKE

Laurent VIGIER	Ansgar TIETMEYER	Wang YUN
	Tietmeyer DBank Research Study	Slides Yun

FOURTH ROUND TABLE

Interactive governance and participation

Chairman:
Jérôme VIGNON, Director, Social Protection and Social Integration, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
Speakers:
Joël DECAILLON, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
Elvire FABRY, Director, Pôle Europe-International, Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique
Jean PISANI-FERRY, Director, Bruegel
Jan TRUSZCZYNSKI, Deputy Director General, DG Elargment European Commission
Fernando VASQUEZ, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission

Jérôme VIGNON	Joël DECAILLON	Elvire FABRY
Jean PISANI FERRY	Jan TRUSZCZYNSKI	Fernando VASQUEZ

CONCLUSIONS

Philippe HERZOG, President of Confrontations Europe

Philippe HERZOG

MINUTES

The Minutes will soon be available.

SPONSORING

With the Patronage of:
European Commission, DG Employment, Affaires sociales et Égalité des chances
French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
In partnership with :
Aerospace and Defence (ASD), Centre for European Reform (CER) (Londres), le Centre d’études européen de la Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna et de l’Université de Bologne, Cofindustria, le Comité économique et social européen (CESE), la Confédération Européenne des Syndicats, Demos Europa (Pologne), European Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin), la Fondation pour l’Innovation politique, le MEDEF et l’Observatoire social européen

and the sponsoring of:
Alstom, la CDC, Deutsche Bank, GDF Suez, Gazprom, Renault, SAAB, Safran, Thalès et Veolia Environnement
Avec la collaboration de l’Ambassade de la Fédération de Russie

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