- Friends of Europe
Friends of Europe is a
Brussels -based, not-for-profitthink-tank for European Union policy analysis and debate. The organisation, established in1999 , has no political or national allegiance and is independent of theEU institutions . Its declared goal is to foster open discussion and to stimulate new thinking on the issues facing Europe and its citizens. [ [http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Aboutus/tabid/592/Default.aspx | Friends of Europe website - "About us"] ]The organisation's activities focus in particular on six thematic areas: [ [http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Aboutus/Whatwedo/tabid/594/Default.aspx | Friends of Europe website - "What we do"] ]
*Development
*Energy and the environment
* The future of Europe
*Internal market
* The EU and its neighbours
* Social challengesFriends of Europe's board of trustees is composed of people who hold, or have held, positions of responsibility in European affairs. Its President is
Etienne Davignon , a politician, businessman and former vice-president of theEuropean Commission . Other members of the Praesidium are: [ [http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Aboutus/Whoweare/PraesidiumandTrustees/tabid/617/Default.aspx | Friends of Europe website - "Trustees"] ]*
Pat Cox , President of theEuropean Movement International and former President of theEuropean Parliament
*Jean-Luc Dehaene , formerPrime Minister of Belgium and vice-president of theConvention on the Future of Europe
*Daniel Janssen , former Director ofFortis
*Pascal Lamy , Director-General of theWorld Trade Organization (WTO) and formerEuropean Commissioner for Trade
*Guy Verhofstadt , formerPrime Minister of Belgium
*António Vitorino , former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs and former Portuguese Defence Minister and Deputy Prime MinisterFriends of Europe's Secretary-General is Giles Merritt, a former Brussels correspondent of the
Financial Times . [ [http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Aboutus/Whoweare/Team/tabid/619/Default.aspx | Friends of Europe website - "Team"] ]References
External links
* [http://www.friendsofeurope.org Friends of Europe]
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