Catégorie Europe
Queries – TTIP: a new initiative that should raise the bar in aligning consumer protection
Europe and the United States have everything to gain from TTIP as the initiative aims to further open up transatlantic trade. Yet there is still a need to reach agreement over that openness means in today’s climate.
France Info – « L’austérité en Grèce a été excessive »
Pour l’ancien Commissaire européen, « on a tapé sur ce qui était le plus facile : virer les fonctionnaires et baisser les salaires « . La Grèce veut renégocier sa dette. Selon Pascal Lamy, un accord est possible.
Il Mulino – civilizzare la globalizzazione, un’ambizione per l’Europa
L’integrazione europea vive oggi un momento difficile. Certo, non è mai stata un lungo fiume tranquillo, come il Po di Paolo Rumiz. Ha avuto le sue fasi di piena e di secca, le sue rapide, i suoi meandri.
Tribune – The EU needs a fresh boost… fast !
The participants of Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute 2014 European Steering Committee underline that the European authorities appointed in the wake of the elections in May 2014 have a historic task ahead of them, via a final declaration entitled: “The EU needs a fresh boost… Fast!”. This Tribune has been published in the European and […]
Transparency International – Speech in Athens
The question I want to address this evening from a global perspective is the following: how is Greece doing in the combat against bribery? « Better but still a very long way to go » would be my short answer. Greece ranks n° 69 among countries in the last CPI, as compared to 80 last year and […]
World Policy Conference – Debate on Trade and Policy
Commercial affairs, in the broad sense of the term, have always been a central part of international relations and always interfered with security issues. In our day and age, as a result of globalization, economic exchanges have gone largely beyond commercial exchanges (services, capital flows, direct investments, etc.) and form a more and more tightly-meshed […]
Pascal LAMY 