on 15th February at the Musée de la Poste, Paris  
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Les Entretiens Économiques Européens 2011. Social dialogue and industrial relations to solve the competitiveness/solidarity equation. Towards a social market economy for Europe?
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The announcement of a referendum in Greece has put on hold the deal agreed by European leaders on 27 October. Although the timing is deemed inappropriate, the Greek people’s right to have their say on the decisions reached cannot be contested. The Treaties did not provide for a federal budgetary and fiscal authority in the Eurozone, so the legitimation process still falls within the scope of national sovereignty. In Germany, all projects are scrutinised by the Constitutional Court and all measures must be approved by the Bundestag.
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The European Commission has decided to conduct “stress tests” (EDF prefers the term “resistance testing”) that will have significant social, technological and financial impacts for all countries, especially those in Eastern and Central Europe and the Baltic States which have already suffered their first shock, after the events at Chernobyl.
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Dear, respected friends, I feel the need to thank you for the selfless moral and tangible support to endure the psychological torture I was submitted to during the last five months, since I was unjustly retained in Austria, at the request for extradition to Serbia by Serbian Prosecutor's Office.
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All the European democrats are delighted at this decision of the Austrian Justice. As you all know, Confrontations Europe has lead a fight, along with European democrats with different political views, to require Jovan Divjak's release.  After the arrests of Ratko Mladic on May 26th and of Goran Hadzic on July 21st, there is an urgent need to release Jovan Divjak and not to allow any confusion with the war criminals.
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The proposal that Confrontations Europe put forward in January 2007(1), i.e. to develop a new Single Act with a view to re-launching the Internal Market, has come to fruition. Thanks to the support of Mario Monti and Michel Barnier, it has been approved by the European Union.
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Extract of Confrontations Europe, La Revue n°93. Document coordinated by Marie-France Baud. The European Commission published several communications at the end of October 2010, virtually all at the same time. They address some very important subjects, but are not at all easy for the ordinary citizen to understand! The wide variety of legislation, regulations and measures proposed do not stem from a common political strategy, which might have placed them in a more understandable light.
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CSPH International and Confrontations Europe Conference, 20 April 2011. PRESS RELEASE. Over 150 people attended the conference co-organised by CSPH International and Confrontations Europe on the theme “Creative Industries: Innovation for Growth” held at the European Parliament on 20 April 2011. Those present contributed to high-quality debates in the presence of Commissioner Barnier, MEPs from various political groups and representatives from the creative sector, innovative and creative businesses, trade unions and citizen and consumer associations. The objective of the conference, as clearly stated by Claude Fischer and Philippe Hardouin, was to compare and clarify positions and open up collective and constructive discussions in the run-up to the Commission’s Communication of 4 May.
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Les Entretiens Economiques Europeens Social dialogue and partnerships for the development of industries and services in the large European market Press Release Confrontations Europe’s Entretiens Economiques Europeens (European Economic Debates) organised in Warsaw took place on 9 and 10 December 2010 on the theme "Social dialogue and partnerships for the development of industries and services in the large European market".
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Off-print of Confrontations Europe, La Revue no. 92, October-December 2010 , coordinated by Marie-France Baud.
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Extract of Confrontations Europe La Revue n°90, April-June 2010.
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EDITORIAL Clean cars: the great transformation
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ENTRETIENS ECONOMIQUES EUROPÉENS, BUDAPEST 16th and 17th September 2010 Nuclear energy in Europe: from acceptance to ownership PRESSE RELEASE
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Europeans are less pessimistic than decision-takers
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The renewal of the Single market is firmly on the agenda. After the publication of the Mario Monti Report in May 2010, the work of the European Commission on its proposal for a "Single Market Act" is pregressing.
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An article of Mrs Edit Herczog, MEP, for Confrontations Europe, La Revue n°91
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On 14 and 15 April 2010, Confrontations Europe and Sauvons le Climat hosted an Entretiens européens conference in Paris entitled “Looking for clean cars”. Several companies and stakeholders were actively involved in this innovative event, which painted a broad picture of the current situation in Europe and across the world, and of ongoing low-carbon vehicle projects. One thing is evident: the clean car represents not only a technological revolution, but also a social challenge.
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An article from Claude Fischer.
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Confrontations Europe
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Entretiens Economiques Européens September 16th and 17th, 2010 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Summary of the hearings of the commissioners-designates
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The impact of the economic crisis
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An Open letter to Europe’s leaders from Philippe Herzog.
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2008-11-27 : Numerous emerging countries are demanding nuclear plants but how can these demands be met without endangering world safety? What role can the European Union play?
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Article from Philippe Herzog published (in French) in the newspaper La Tribune on 27th August 2008
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The European Union is building an Energy Community to cope with the threefold challenge of climate change, security of supply and competitiveness. This is a praiseworthy objective but we must all seek ways to solve the problems.
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A Contribution of Confrontations Europe to the Presidency of the European Union.
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Focus by Marie-France Baud Editor of the Confrontations Europe Review/News Bulletin
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The nuclear revival is a reality worldwide. France and other European countries have major industrial advantages with respect to this technology but “the European political clock is running slow, and this is a major handicap. A political-strategic approach needs to be initiated." This message from Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of AREVA, provides a good illustration of the general tone of the European symposium, organised by Confrontations Europe in collaboration with CERES and the Entretiens européens in Paris on 27 and 28 March, 2008.
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Today, the insurance industry must rise to a dual challenge: risks are increasingly numerous and complex, and social demand for coverage of risks is continuing to grow. At the same time, new risk management and analysis techniques and the financial innovations developed over the last few years have made the current prudential supervision system for European insurance obsolete. The new prudential framework proposed by the European Commission in July last year in the proposed Solvency II Directive must guarantee the safety of European consumers, while strengthening the competitiveness of the European insurance industry.
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The 3rd Gas Package is a continuation of its predecessors. It aims to increase competition in national markets by measures relating to ownership unbundling (o.u.), i.e. the de-integration of traditional operators. It is innovative in that it proposes cooperative investment tools, as well as the regulation and management of interconnections. It creates governance to oversee developments in the gas system, based mainly on committee procedures. We should ask ourselves whether these choices are relevant given the fundamental problems facing the Member States in the European Union viz. security of supply and the double imperative of development and solidarity. With regard to these challenges, we believe that amendments and in-depth improvements to the Gas Package proposed by the Commission are essential.
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By Marie-France Baud, Editor of the Confrontations Europe La Revue.
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A social dialogue on industrial changes started within the European Union already a few years ago. Confrontation Europe has contributed to reflection on this not completely consensual subject by organizing a European symposium on 22-23 November 2007 at the European Economic and Social Committee.
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Why do we need a new proposal?
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Brussels has become the focal point for the construction of Europe . A lot happens there. A civil society is emerging, made up of several different nationalities and people from a wide range of different backgrounds. Among them are the “lobbyists”. They are becoming increasingly influential; indeed, their influence is sometimes crucial.
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In the following paper, Philippe Herzog, President of Confrontations Europe, puts forward an ambitious EU revival proposal, inspired by the wide-ranging experience and in-depth reflections of the members of this association.
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09/11/2006
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13/02/2006 : by Philippe Herzog.
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08/06/2005, by Philippe Herzog
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06/2005, by André ferron
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2003
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2003, Draft Project for a seminar.
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