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HTTP/1.1 200 OKDate: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 04:48:11 GMTServer: ApacheUpgrade: h2,h2cConnection: UpgradeLast-Modified: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:33:20 GMTAccept-Ranges: bytesContent-Length: 202583Vary: Accept-EncodingContent-Type: text/html !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd>html>head>script typetext/javascript src/static/js/analytics.js>/script>link typetext/css relstylesheet href/static/css/banner_styles.css>meta http-equivContent-Type contenttext/html; charsetiso-8859-2>title>European Enterprise Institute/title>link relstylesheet typetext/css href/css/common.css>/head>body>div idwrapper>div idheader>embed src/flash/top.swf width740 height104>/embed>!--end of header-->/div>div idsidebar>div idnavigation>a href/items/aboutus/index.html relnofollow>About us/a>a href/items/whatwedo/index.html relnofollow>What we do/a>a classwwd href/items/whatwedo/policypapers/index.html relnofollow> Policy Papers/a>a classwwd href/items/whatwedo/policynotes/index.html relnofollow> Policy Notes/a>a classwwd href/items/whatwedo/articlesspeeches/index.html relnofollow> Articles & Speeches/a>a classwwd href/items/whatwedo/presentations/index.html relnofollow> Presentations/a>a classwwd href/items/whatwedo/eeiopinions/index.html relnofollow> Opinions/a>a classwwd href/items/whatwedo/journal/index.html relnofollow> Journal/a>a href/items/events/index.html relnofollow>Events & Appearances/a>a classwwd href/items/events/upcoming/index.html relnofollow> Upcoming/a>a classwwd href/items/events/past/index.html relnofollow> Past/a>a href/items/media/index.html relnofollow>What media say/a>a href/items/internshipprogramme/index.html relnofollow>Internship Programme/a>a href/items/eeisponsorship/index.html relnofollow>EEI Sponsorship/a>a href/items/gallery/index.html relnofollow>Gallery/a>a href/items/videos/index.html relnofollow>Videos/a>/div>div idnews>b>New policy paper!/b>a href/public/docs/eeipolicypaper8.pdf relnofollow>img width125 src/public/docs/eeipolicypaper8.jpg>/a>br>/div>!--end of sidebar-->/div>div idcontent>h1>News/h1>a nameN254 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Latest Event: Defending EU Enlargement/h2>p>strong>Brussels, March 27, 2009/strong>/p>p>The latest EEI event was well-visited and inspired many to participate in the discussion./p>p>img src/public/images/IMG_0245.jpg>/p>p>Fredrik Segerfeldt presented his paper./p>p>img src/public/images/IMG_0255.jpg>/p>p>MEP Elmar Brok was one of the commentators./p>p>img src/public/images/IMG_0262.jpg>/p>p>And so was MEP Vytautas Landsbergis, former President of Lithuania./p>/div>a nameN253 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Are you the Intern the EEI Needs?/h2>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>b stylemso-bidi-font-weight: normal>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p>/p>/span>/b>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p>strong>Brussels, March 25, 2009/strong>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a think-tank that advocates the ideas of free enterprise and a free economy. The aim is to become a strong voice in the European debate and the Brussels arena.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The EEI publishes a series of Policy Papers, arranges seminars and conferences, runs the Free Enterprise Blog, builds relations in Brussels – and its representatives are frequent speakers at other events and commentators in the media. p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The EEI has existed for a few years, and has lately started to expand its activities. In order to strengthen the EEI:s organizational capabilities as well as its permanent presence in Brussels, we are now looking for an intern.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The main tasks of the intern will be to organize events – contacting speakers, drafting invitations, reserving facilities, etc – and be present in the everyday Brussels seminar scene and build relations for the EEI.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>Other tasks will be to manage day-to-day issues, from proof-reading to various administrative tasks. It is desirable if the intern has a great interest in economic and political ideas and can be proactive in proposing publications, events and media activities.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The candidate for intern should have an academic education, preferably in economics or political science. Previous experience in policy analysis and opinion-making activities is desirable. The intern should share the EEI:s basic ideas of free enterprise.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The office will be in central Brussels. It is positive if the candidate can assume the duties of an EEI Intern as soon as possible. p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>Please send your CV and a letter to EEI Research Director. p>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN252 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New EEI Policy Papewr: In Defence of EU Enlargement/h2>p>strong>Brussels, March 17, 2009/strong>/p>p>This morning, a new EEI Policy Paper was presented at a breakfast seminar at the Renaissance Hotel. It was introduced by EEI President Peter Jungen and hosted by a hrefhttp://www.hostpapareview.org>www.hostpapareview.org/a>./p>p>The author of the Paper, Fredrik Segerfeldt, delivered his message showing massive economic benefits from past enlargements and argued for further expansion of the EU./p>p>Gunnar Hökmark, EEI Co-President and MEP, Elmar Brok, MEP, and Lars BrÄşberg, Head of EU Affairs at the IKEA Group, were speakers, and a lively discussion followed./p>p>There were many distinguished guests, including former Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis./p>p>img src/public/images/InDefenceofEUenlargement.jpg>/p>p>a href/blog/pdf/InDefenceofEnlargementEEI.pdf relnofollow>font size2>Download the entire policy paper here (pdf) - >/font>/a>/p>/div>a nameN251 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>In EU Observer: Do the Right Thing, Not Just Anything!/h2>p>strong>Brussels, March 5, 2009/strong>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>Today, MEP and EEI Co-Chairman Gunnar Hökmark and EEI Research Director Johnny Munkhammar have a Comment in EU Observer arguing against protectionism and outlines five broad reform areas that European governments should focus on instead: br>br>span stylemso-bidi-font-style: italic>First, support the global trading system and make a new attempt to reach an agreement within the Doha framework. Few things would benefit global confidence more than an agreement that creates a trustworthy framework for freer global trade. Since seven out of ten employed Europeans work in the services sector, it is especially important also to open up trade in services. The EU could unilaterally initiate agriculture policy reforms, to kick-start the process. br>br>Second, realize that the old companies, products and jobs sometimes have to go. The car makers employ 2 million people in the EU, but 90 million are employed by SMEs. If we protect the old, we will prevent a lot of the new from emerging. Britain was the world?s leading car maker in 1955, but the decline could not be saved by massive subsidies and today car making is limited in Britain. Britain is a much wealthier country today. br>br>Third, defend and extend the European single market. It has brought increased prosperity to European citizens, and led to the restructuring of the European business sector, which has made it more competitive. The single market is threatened when it should be expanded to more countries and new sectors - like health care. br>br>Fourth, implement a general bank guarantee and introduce better regulation of financial markets. A bank guarantee is necessary to reinstate trust in the market and get lending going again. Financial markets need to be regulated, but simple and light. To a large extent, after all, the financial crisis was ignited by excessive regulation and government interventions in the US housing market. br>br>Fifth, make way for the new. The global restructuring of production and employment is intensified in the crisis, and as the old inevitably goes, we have to open up for the new. The entrepreneurs that may create the new gazelle companies must no longer suffer from an overload of public bureaucracy and punitive taxes. Part of this must be increased spending on research and development - vastly better than car or agriculture subsidies./span>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>span stylemso-bidi-font-style: italic>/span>/span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>p>a hrefhttp://euobserver.com/7/27704 relnofollow>font size3>Read the entire article here - >/font>/a>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN250 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Peter Jungen at the Center on Capitalism and Society/h2>p>strong>New York, February 20, 2009/strong>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-fareast-font-family: new roman>The 6sup>th/sup> Annual Conference of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University, “Emerging from the Financial Crisis” took place in New York City on February 20sup>th/sup>. A combination of distinguished policymakers, bankers, regulators, journalists, and academics met for the day. Members of the Center, including its Director, personname w:ston>Edmund Phelps/personname>, and Foreign Members took key roles in the conference, as did Members of its Advisory Board and its Chairman, Peter Jungen, also EEI President.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-fareast-font-family: new roman>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>The Hon. Paul Volcker, currently Chairing President ObamaÂ’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, was the luncheon speaker. The dinner speaker was the financier and philanthropist George Soros. Dr. Josef Ackerman, Chairman of Deutsche Bank, gave concluding remarks./span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-fareast-font-family: new roman> Three Nobel Laureates, Robert Mundell and Joseph Stiglitz as well as Phelps, spoke during the dayÂ’s panels./span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>An immense range of views became apparent regarding the main causes of financial crisis and, correspondingly, what could be done to pull the economy out of it. There was debate on the kind of restructuring of the financial sector that was needed, and debate on the sorts of regulations the reformed system would require. There was a debate on whether the so-called global imbalances were the underlying cause and what adjustments to imbalances would be desirable.span stylemso-spacerun: yes> /span>Finally, there was a debate on the new administrations plans for public investment and job creation.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>p> /p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-outline-level: 2>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>In coming weeks, the Center on Capitalism and Society intends to review these proposals and present a white paper for further debate about different options on what to do going forward to emerge from the financial crisis and regain the dynamism that the U.S. economy has lost./span>/p>p>/p>p>img src/public/images/SorosJungen.jpg>/p>p>George Soros, Edmund Phelps and Peter Jungen/p>/div>a nameN249 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Reforms That Make Us Stronger After the Crisis/h2>p>strong>St Petersburg, February 12, 2009/strong>/p>p>As governments in the Western world leap into more and more policies of subsidies and protectionism, there is a great need not just to act, but to launch measures that improve our prospects rather than weaken them./p>p>EEI Research Director Johnny Munkhammar delivered a speech to students at the Moscow School of Political Studies on the topic of what should be avoided and what can be done instead./p>p>a href/blog/pdf/SpeechStPetersburg.doc relnofollow>Download the speech here - >/a>/p>/div>a nameN248 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Internet Event/h2>p>strong>Brussels, January 28, 2009/strong>/p>p>The latest EEI publication was presented at an event held in the European Parliament, hosted by Gunnar Hökmark. Authors Johnny Munkhammar and Martin H Thelle spoke about the publication. MEP:s Syed Kamall and Valdis Dombrovskis were among those who commented. /p>p>Johnny Munkhammar also had a a hrefhttp://euobserver.com/7/27471 relnofollow>Comment in EU Observer/a> relating to the new publication. /p>/div>a nameN247 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New publication: Let the Internet Flourish/h2>p>strong>Brussels, January 23, 2009/strong>/p>p>span langEN-US stylemso-ansi-language: EN-US>The EEI is launching a new policy paper, Let the Internet Flourish: Why Overregulation of the Internet is Wrong For Europe, by EEI REsearch Director Johnny Munkhammar.p>/p>/span>/p>p>span langEN-US stylemso-ansi-language: EN-US>The Internet has transformed the world and the economy - and has increased prosperity. Thsi has been possible thanks to limited government interference and and few regulations.p>/p>/span>/p>p>span langEN-US stylemso-ansi-language: EN-US>In todays Europe, the EU is determining the future of the Internet. Sometimes, there seems to be an increasing eagerness to regulate. The message of the new publication is that the regulatory framework for tomorrows Internet must preserve its fundamental freedom.p>/p>/span>/p>p>The paper also contains an analysis of how Sweden succeeded in becoming aleading ICT country, and calculations of how much broadband prices would increase with new regulation./p>p>Download the paper a href/blog/pdf/LettheInternetFlourishEEI.pdf relnofollow>here/a> (pdf)./p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: aharoni mso-bidi-language: he>p>/p>/span>/p>p>/p>p>img src/public/images/LettheInternetFlourishCover.jpg>/p>/div>a nameN246 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI Event on IP, ICT and Open Standards/h2>p>strong>Brussels, January 23, 2009/strong>/p>p>On Wednesday, January 21, the EEI had a luncheon seminar relating to ICT investments and competitiveness. There is currently pressures for the EU to adopt so called open standards, that is weak intellectual property, which raises questions about Europes role in future ICT innovations./p>p>EEI Deputy Chairman Gunnar Hökmark chaired the meeting, and speakers included Ken Duicatel form the European Commission, Laurent Lachal, Ovum, Nigel Gibbons, Unitech, and Per Werngren from IDE. It was well attended and discussions were open and engaging./p>p>img src/public/images/EEIEventIP.jpg>/p>/div>a nameN245 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Jungen in Paris/h2>p>strong>Brussels, January 23, 2009/strong>/p>p>On January 8-9, a conference called New world, new capitalism was held in Paris. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, had invited, and the conference was introduced by fromer Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Angela Merkel. /p>p>Among the speakers were Nobel Laureates Edmund Phelps, Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz. Jean-Claude Trichet, Pascal Lamy and several Ministers of Finance also spoke. Peter Jungen, President of the EEI, also participated in the conference./p>p>Mr Jungen was also interviewed in Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger about the conference, and it can be read a hrefhttp://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1231173636512.shtml relnofollow>here/a>./p>/div>a nameN244 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Happy Christmas!/h2>p>strong>Brussels, December 20, 2008/strong>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The financial crisis marked the end of 2008, making it a dramatic year for the global economy, and indeed for Europe. Many countries have now slid into recession, with many problems as a consequence. 2009 will most likely be a year with an economy that is developing very poorly, where some companies will close and there will be increased unemployment.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>There will be a lot of discussion about the causes of the problems, and even more of course about solutions. It is always easy to do something fast that turns out wrong. Industry bailouts, for example, create public deficits, discriminate against new businesses, hinder change and they are contagious, because once one starts, many will follow.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>During the latter half of 2008, EEI has increased its activities with a new publications and seminar series, and a presence at international events and in the media. We promote the values of free enterprise and competition, and a free economy. This becomes ever more important in times of crisis, because free enterprise is truly the way towards prosperity.p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>To a large extent, during 2009, the EEI will focus on developing and promoting free-market policies that will strengthen Europe and increase our chances to get out of the recession stronger. Hoping for a success for such ideas and for many interesting discussions and meetings during 2009, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!/span>/p>/div>a nameN243 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Munkhammar in the FT/h2>p>strong>Brussels, December 20, 2008/strong>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The euro has provided Europe with more stability in the financial crisis, not least regarding foreign trade. Therefore the euro has become increasingly attractive for countries to adopt, and several countries have attempted to increase their pace to join. EEI Research Director was interviewed in the Financial Times in an article comparing Finland and Sweden in the financial crisis; one country with euro, one with a national currency. /span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>Read the article /span>span styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>a hrefhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3b58d0a-cd58-11dd-9905-000077b07658.html relnofollow>span langEN-US stylemso-ansi-language: EN-US>here/span>/a>. /span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>p>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN241 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Peter Jungen Hosted Event With Bhagwati/h2>p>strong>Brussels, November 20th, 2008/strong>/p>p>On October 6th, EEI Chairman Peter Jungen hosted an event in Cologne, Germany, where the German version of em>In Defence of Globalisation/em> by professor Jagdish Bhagwati was presented. Otto Graf Lambsdorff, former Minister of the Economy in West Germany, participated as a distinguished speaker too. Organiser was Amerika Haus e.V. NRW., where Mr Jungen is also a Board Member./p>p>img src/public/images/bhagwati.jpg>/p>/div>a nameN240 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI in Tallinn, Estonia/h2>p>strong>Brussels, November 17th, 2008/strong>/p>p>EEI Research Director Johnny Munkhammar was a key note speaker at a major economic conference in tallinn, Estonia, called Re-Start. Read more about the conference a hrefhttp://www.re-start.ee/eng/ relnofollow>here/a>./p>p>The second speaker, after Mr Munkhammar, was Siim Kallas, vice President of the European Commission. Other speakers included Bo Lundgren, General-Director of the Swedish National Debt Office, and Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister of Estonia./p>p>Today, Mr Munkhammar aslo has a Comment at EU Observer relating to the G20 meeting and the financial crisis, and it can be read a hrefhttp://euobserver.com/7/27116 relnofollow>here/a>. /p>/div>a nameN239 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New Publication: The Financial Crisis - a Gigantic Failure of Politics/h2>p>strong>Brussels, November 12th, 2008/strong>/p>p>Yesterday, a new EEI Policy Paper was presented at a seminar in Brussels, hosted by EEI Chairman Peter Jungen. EEI Research Director Johnny Munkhammar presented the Paper, and it was commented by MEP:s Wolf Klinz and Karsten Hoppenstedt. a href/blog/pdf/TheFinancialCrisisEEIfolder.pdf relnofollow>Here/a> the Policy Paper can be downloaded, as a pdf. From the back text of the paper:/p>p>The financial crisis has shaken the global economy. Policymakers have had to focus on short-term crisis management. As time goes, it becomes increasingly important, however, to analyze the long-term picture. /p>p>Many have argued that this is a crisis of the free economy. Some hope that the liberalizations of the past 25 years will be rolled back and that governments will become more interventionist./p>p>This publication provides the opposite analysis and message. The main conclusion is that the core of the crisis is rather a failure of governments and politicians. The US government required massive lending to people who could not afford to pay./p>p>The publication is written by Johnny Munkhammar, Research Director at the EEI, and Nima Sanandaji, Managing Director at Captus, a think-tank. They describe how politicians, not free markets, created the crisis and argue that the bworld needs freer financial markets./p>p>img src/public/images/EEIFInancialCover.jpg>/p>/div>a nameN238 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI in DC Examiner/h2>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>strong>Brussels, October 31st, 2008/strong>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana mso-ansi-language: en-us>The DC Examiner in Washington DC published an op-ed by EEI Research Director Johnny Munkhammar advising US Presidential candidates not to copy an old European model of government-run health care. Instead, he points to the successful health care reform in the Netherlands. /span>span styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana>Read the op-ed a hrefhttp://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/Free_Market_Reforms_Transforming_Health_Care_in_the_Netherlands.html relnofollow>here/a>.p>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN237 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI in Financial Times/h2>p>strong>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>Brussels, 27th of October, 2008/font>/strong>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>The Financial Times today publishes a letter by Johnny Munkhammar, Research Director at EEI, and Dick Kling, Senior Fellow, Timbro. It can be read below./font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto>b>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>font size3>World needs less government interventionp>/p>/font>/font>/span>/b>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>p>/p>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Sir, You report (October 22) that President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has proposed the creation of European sovereign wealth funds. Using these funds - with capital from European taxpayers - European governments would increase ownership in companies./font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The main purpose would be to avoid foreign ownership of European companies. There was, however, no reference to him pointing out any disadvantage with foreign ownership or of inflow of foreign capital./font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Crises always tend to trigger more government intervention, such as this classic protectionist proposal. But President Sarkozys analysis that this is a crisis of the free market is ill-founded, and such proposals would lay the foundation of the next crisis./font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>In fact, to a large extent, the financial crisis has been created by government intervention. The US government, on a massive scale, subsidised home loans to people who could not afford them; a risk no private entity would take in a free market./font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The Fed lowered its interest rate to a mere 1 per cent after 2001, further contributing to a housing bubble. The US government intervened in financial markets by monetary policy, subsidies, state-owned companies and regulations. Will more of that solve anything?/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The Chinese government has also contributed to the crisis. Using its increased income, it built SWFs that bought US securities. That way, China also contributed to the bubble - which has now burst./font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Do we need the countries of the world participating in a race to see which can socialise its companies the most? What happened to the wide knowledge that private ownership enriches people and that private owners are better at running companies than governments?/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The protectionism following the crisis of 1929 - and the subsequent dramatic drop in global trade in the 1930s - worsened the crisis and contributed to political extremism. Lets avoid making similar mistakes now. The world needs freer financial markets and less government intervention./font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Johnny Munkhammar,p>/p>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Research Director, /font>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>European Enterprise Institute, /font>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Brussels, Belgiump>/p>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Dick Kling,/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleBACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 15.6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Senior Fellow, /font>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Timbro, /font>/span>span langEN styleFONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial mso-ansi-language: en>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Stockholm, Sweden/font>/span>/p>/div>a nameN233 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New EEI Publication: Competition and Innovation/h2>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font size2>p>strong>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Brussels, 13th of October, 2008/font>/strong>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The EEI has now launched the first publication in its new series of Policy Papers, dedicated to promoting the ideas of free enterprise and free competition. /font>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>It is written by Slovenian economist Rok Spruk and was presented by EEI Co-Chairman Gunnar Hökmark at an event arranged by the European Commission./font>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>From A Word From the Publisher by EEI Chairman Peter Jungen:/font>/p>p>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>The EEI now launches a new publications series, devoted to the values of free enterprise, free competition and free innovation. The aim is to inspire policymakers in place w:ston>/place>Europe/>, as well as public opinion, by presenting well-founded facts and arguments./em>/font>/span>/p>p>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>The concepts of free enterprise, free competition and free enhanced innovation should not only be reserved for the business sector. Indeed, these are important features for all of society, and not only because business is the source of prosperity./em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>Many parts of society would benefit from more enterprise and competition, such as product markets, education and health care. In fact, these are forces of wealth creation wherever they are applied. Free competition spurs improvements in supply, quality and price./em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>em> /em>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>From the Foreword by Research Director Johnny Munkhammar:/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>font size2>/font>/span>/span>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>em> /em>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>Innovations have always been of great importance for society’s progress and indeed wealth creation. The importance of railroads for industrialization or Henry Ford’s factory organization for mass production can hardly be overestimated./em>/font>/span>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>/span>/span>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>em> /em>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>But innovations mean so much more than just economics or machines. Innovations come from ideas and they may improve many parts of society. Logistical innovations can improve access and marketing innovations can increase information, for example. .../em>/font>/span>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>/span>/span>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>em> /em>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>The Lisbon Agenda set the aim for Europe to become the world’s most competitive and knowledge-based economy in the world. For Europe to be innovative enough to reach that aim, obstacles to free enterprise, competition and R&D must be abolished. /em>/font>/span>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>/span>/span>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>em> /em>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>em>European countries can learn from each other, looking at success stories and avoiding mistakes. And the EU can continue liberalizations in the single market, not least for services which are in need of innovation, and avoiding new regulations./em>/font>/span>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>/span>/span>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>em> /em>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none>span langEN-GB stylemso-ansi-language: EN-GB>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>Download the publication <a href/blog/pdf/CompetitionInnovationEEI.pdf>here</a> (pdf). /font>/span>/span>/p>p>img src/public/images/EEIcompetitionframsida.jpg>/p>/font>/span>/div>a nameN228 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI at the 2008 European Resource Bank, Tblisi, Georgia/h2>p>strong>Brussels, 10th of Ocober, 2008/strong>/p>p>EEI Chairman Peter Jungen and EEI Research Director Johnny Munkhammar partcipated in the a hrefhttp://www.rbeurope.org/ relnofollow>2008 European Resource Bank/a>, an annual conference for free-market think-tanks, this year in Tblisi./p>p>Mr Jungen spokea about the need for think-tanks to work together, and Mr Munkhammar spoke together with the Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze, at the introductory reception./p>p>Mr Munkhammar also had the pleasure to read a mesdsage from Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt to the ERB participants:/p>p>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>Let me congratulate the organizers of the European Resource Bank for having chosen Georgia as the location for the 2008 event. /em>/font>/span>/p>p>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>/span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>Indeed, Georgia has in recent years been a beacon of reform in the spirit argued by the think-tanks participating in the ERB. It has fought corruption, improved democracy and increased economic freedom radically – with great results./em>/font>/span>/p>p>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>/span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>This is a development that must not only be allowed to continue. In fact, it should inspire other countries. /em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>The centre-right think-tanks of the European Resource Bank perform many important tasks, such as inspiring the policy debate in a free-market direction. Pulling off the event in Georgia despite the Russian aggression can also be seen as a commendable defense of freedom.p>/p>/em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>/em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>With my best wishes for a successful conferencep>/p>/em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>/em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>Carl Bildt/em>/font>/span>/p>p classMsoNoSpacing styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>/span>span langEN-US styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman mso-ansi-language: en-us mso-bidi-font-family: mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi>font size2>em>Foreign Minister of Sweden/em>/font>/span>/p>p>img src/public/images/GeorgiaPM.jpg>/p>/div>a nameN204 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI at the European Ideas Network Summer University/h2>p>strong>Brussels, 20th of September 2008/strong>/p>p>The EEI was represented by its Chairman, Peter Jungen, and Senior Fellow, Johnny Munkhammar, at the a hrefhttp://www.europeanideasnetwork.com/ relnofollow>European Ideas Network/a> Summer University in Fiuggi, Italy./p>p>Peter Jungen participated in an introductory panel on Europe, the Global Economy and Its Future. Johnny Munkhammar was the guest speaker about public sector reform - his speech can be read a href/blog/pdf/IntroductionEIN.doc relnofollow>here/a>./p>p>The dinner featured Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who said he was happy to receive a copy of Mr Munkhammars book em>The Guide to Reform/em>./p>p>img src/public/images/Berlusconi.jpg.png>/p>/div>a nameN203 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI at Mont Pelerin Society 2008 in Tokyo/h2>p>strong>Brussels, 20th of September 2008/strong>/p>p>EEI Chairman Peter Jungen and Senior Fellow Johnny Munkhammar attended the annual a hrefhttp://www.mps2008tokyo.org/ relnofollow>Mont Pelerin Society/a> meeting in Tokyo. Topics covered at the meeting included biotechnology and ethics, global warming, health care and information tecnhology. The list of speakers included Chzech President Vaclav Klaus and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker - with Mr Jungen below. /p>p>img src/public/images/JungenBecker.jpg>/p>/div>a nameN202 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>External Activities/h2>p>strong>Brussels, 4th of September 2008/strong>/p>p>EEI vice chairman Gunnar Hökmark and Senior Fellow Johnny Munkhammar had a letter in the International Herald Tribune about European lessons from the development in Georgia. It can be read a hrefhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/opinion/edlet.php relnofollow>here/a>./p>p>Munkhammar will also represent the EEI at the annual Mont Peletrin Society meeting in Tokyo, September 7-12. And he will speak at the European Ideas Network Summer University in Italy, September 19. The speakers list also includes French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi./p>/div>a nameN201 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Georgia: Lessons for Europe/h2> b>Brussels, 14th August 2008/b>br>br>On August 7, Russia provoked a long-awaited opportunity to use military force against Georgia, claiming they had to protect Russians in Georgia. The aggression violated the sovereignty of Georgia and implied indirectly that this can happen to any country where there are Russians present.br>br>There had been signs for months that the new and more authoritarian Russia wanted to stop Georgia to follow its own path. Obviously, the Russian government did not approve of the policies of the Georgian Government to, for example, join NATO and the EU. Russia seeks to dominate its neighbors by force.br>br>Gunnar Hökmark, MEP and Co-President of the EEI, and Johnny Munkhammar, Senior Fellow, EEI, believe that this offers important lessons for Europe:br>br>i>Europe has to be united and firm during the following political process, a cease-fire is not enough, Russian troops has to leave Georgia/i>, says Gunnar Hökmark. i>Europe must be strong and pursue European values abroad./i>br>br>i>Georgia has been an amazing reform country and must be allowed to continue its successful path,/i> says Johnny Munkhammar. i>Europe has to continue reforming to increase its economic strength-and it has to reform energy to become more self-sufficient./i>br>br>/div>a nameN199 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Jerzy Samborski resigns from the function of the Executive Director of EEI /h2>b>Brussels, 25th June 2008/b> br>br>p alignjustify>Jerzy Samborski, co-founder of the European Enterprise Institute, has resigned from the post of the Executive Director of the EEI; whereas he still remains its Vice President. br>br>During his two-years tenure at the post of the Executive Director, Jerzy Samborski – through organizing large number of events, publications, internship activities, co-operation with distinguish personalities and leading organizations - has upgraded the European Enterprise Institute to the level of highly recognized and esteemed European think tank a href/items/whatwedo/events_2007/index.html relnofollow>(click on list of 2007 events)/a>. br>br>According to the EEI Statutes the decisions on Mr. Samborski’s successor and other issues will be taken by the Board - with the majority of two third of its members’ votes - at its next meetings. Information related to this and other important issues will be published on the EEI website. /p>/div>a nameN197 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI Board Members discuss the future of the Institute/h2>Brussels, 20th June 2008br>br>p alignjustify>Growing number of issues being covered by the European Enterprise Institute and the opportunities and challenges it is facing in the near and farer future became the main topic of the exchange of opinions among the members of the Board in the recent weeks. This includes the role and functions of the presidents as well as their responsibilities in the internal and public domains./p>/div>a nameN195 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Tax Competition and Europes Growth/h2>p alignjustify>A new debate on tax reform was co-hosted by Roger Helmer MEP, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and European Enterprise Institute in the European Parliament in Brussels. This very well attended event with the participation of distinguished speakers from both sides of the Atlantic was another event organized together by the friendly organizations. br>br>Brussels,27th May 2008br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/08.05.27_1s.jpg>Moderated by Edward Lucas, Deputy Editor, International Section and Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent for The Economist, debate included such issues as The Batinovich Equitable Flat Tax versus Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax Model, Tax Competition versus Tax Harmonization and Central and Eastern European States - Leaders of Flat Tax Race in Europe.br>br>The list of panellists headed Robert Batinovich - leading proponent of the equitable flat tax, author of Tax Reform for A Stronger America and founder, Glenborough Realty Trust and Dr. Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, The Cato Institute and author, The Flat Tax: Freedom, Fairness, Jobs and Growth. The hosts part of the panel consisted of Roger Helmer MEP, UK, Natasha Srdoc, Founder and President, The Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and Jerzy Samborski, Executive Director and Vice President of the European Enterprise Institute. Lively discussion with distinguished crowd of attendees has brought additional value to the debate which lasted for more than four hours. /p>/div>a nameN188 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>/h2>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>strong>Working breakfast The Guide to Reform/strong> /font>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Brussels, 15th of April /font>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>img width131 hspace5 height178 border0 alignleft src/public/images/WB.15.0520069.jpg stylewidth: 131px; height: 178px;>/font>/p>p alignjustify>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The EEI Co-President, Gunnar Hoekmark MEP hosted on 15th April in the Salon de Members of the European Parliament the Working Breakfast The Guide to reform. br>The key speaker was the author of the book The Guide to Reform Johnny Munkhammar, Senior Fellow of the European Enterprise Institute. The presentation was followed by discussion with the member of the audience(MEPs, representatives of the European Commission and NGOs). /font>/p>p alignjustify>em>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>About the book:br>Johnny Munkhammar examines the political obstacles to reform and identifies ways round them. He shows why reforms are needed and which direction they should take, drawing on the experiences of more than a dozen reformist countries. Munkhammar also dispels the myth that reform is invariably politically hazardous. Indeed, reform governments have almost always been re-elected - at least once. This book offers hands-on advice to policymakers, and shows them how to turn words into action. /font>/em>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>For more information about the book please visit:br>/font>a hrefhttp://www.guidetoreform.com/site/index.php relnofollow>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>http://www.guidetoreform.com/site/index.php/font>/a>/p>/div>a nameN187 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>/h2>p>strong>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The 1st Luxembourg Foreign Trade Conference- Sovereign Wealth Friend or Foe?/font>/strong>/p>p>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Brussels, 8-9th April/font>/p>p alignjustify>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The 1st Luxembourg Foreign Trade Conference was organised under the patronage of Mr. Jeannot KreckĂ©, Luxembourg Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade on 8&9 of April in Brussels. EEI President Peter Jungen participated to the panels The global context - Sovereign Wealth and its contribution to the global economy and EU policy issues with regard to Sovereign Wealth./font>/p>p alignjustify>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF), where concerns over political interference and the potential for hot money flows destabilising bond, equity and real estate markets, may have attracted the banner headlines recently, but the debate is both wider and deeper than that. Sovereign Wealth in its many forms (international reserves, public pension funds, state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds) is an essential mechanism in todays modern global economy; it is also sufficiently significant in terms of value to examine implications for European markets and for trade agreements and trade relations./font>/p>p alignjustify>font faceverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Speakers at the conference were: Joaqufn Almunia, Member of the European Commission, Bader al-Saad, Managing Director, Kuwait Investment Authority, Dmitriy Pankin, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, David Wright, Deputy Director-General, DG Internal Market./font>br>a target_blank href/public/docs/Programme201st20Luxembourg20Foreign20Trade20Conference.pdf titleProgramme relnofollow>Programme/a>br>/p>/div>a nameN181 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Crans Montana Forum-Sovereign Funds Parteners for Growth and Stability?/h2>p stylemargin: 0pt; classMsoNormal>b> /b>city>place>Brussels/place>/city>, date year2008 day2 month4>2sup>nd/sup> April 2008/date>/p>p stylemargin: 0pt; classMsoNormal>/p>p>/p>p alignjustify stylemargin: 0pt; classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB>EEI President /span>personname>span langEN-GB>Peter Jungen/span>/personname>span langEN-GB> participated to the /span>Crans Montana Forum that took place in city>place>Brussels/place>/city> on 2sup>nd/sup> of April. The expected growth of the Sovereign Funds makes them important for the World Economy. This spring 2008 the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are expected to publish proposals for the governance of Sovereign Funds and for the policies of the recipient countries./p>p alignjustify stylemargin: 0pt; classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB>Speaking at the Forum wereem> /em>em>span stylefont-style: normal;>:Mr. Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, /span>/em>/span>country-region>place>em>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: normal;>Belgium/span>/em>/place>/country-region>em>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: normal;>, Mr. Joaquin Almunia European Commissioner, Economic and Financial Affairs, /span>/em>strong>span langEN-GB stylefont-weight: normal;>Mrs. Danuta HĂĽbner/span>/strong>strong>span langEN-GB> /span>/strong>em>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: normal;>European Commissioner for Regional Policy./span>/em>/p>p alignjustify stylemargin: 0pt; classMsoNormal>em>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: normal;>For more information please visit:/span>/em>/p>p stylemargin: 0pt; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>em>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: normal;>a hrefhttp://www.cmf.ch/_main/index.php?luk relnofollow>font color#800080>http://www.cmf.ch/font>/a>/span>/em>/p>p stylemargin: 0pt; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>em>span langEN-GB>a href/public/docs/Programme201st20Luxembourg20Foreign20Trade20Conference.pdf relnofollow>span stylefont-style: normal;>Programme/span>/a>/span>/em>/p>p stylemargin: 0pt; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>em>span langEN-GB>a href/public/docs/Programme201st20Luxembourg20Foreign20Trade20Conference.pdf relnofollow>span stylefont-style: normal;>br>/span>/a>/span>/em>/p>/div>a nameN172 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Focus on Europe - The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom/h2>p styleTEXT-ALIGN: justify>font size2>date year2008 day13 month2 w:ston>/date>span langEN-US>Brussels, 13th February 2008/span>/>/font>br>br>font size2>date year2008 day13 month2 w:ston>/date>span langEN-US>/span>/>/font>font size2>span langEN-US>place w:ston>/place>city w:ston>/city>/>/span>/font>span langEN-US>img styleWIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 141px hspace0 src/public/images/13_02_0820Conf20Helmer208_2.JPG alignleft border0>On 13th of February EEI co-organized with Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and The Heritage Foundation the event Focus on place w:ston>/place>Europe/>. Highlighting the link between economic freedom and prosperity The 2008 Index of Economic Freedom (The 14th Annual Report, Published by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation) shows a clearer picture of economic freedom of 162 countries. Key speakers at the event were the country-region w:ston>/country-region>US/> Ambassador Terry Miller,Kyle span> /span>and the MEP`s Roger Helmer, city w:ston>/city>MEP/>, country-region w:ston>/country-region>UK/> and Dr. Syed Kamall, place w:ston>/place>city w:ston>/city>MEP/>, country-region w:ston>/country-region>UK/>/>./span>/p>/div>a nameN162 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Congratulations to Josef A. Schumpeter/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>img vspace2 hspace2 border0 alignleft src/public/images/1schumpeter.jpg stylewidth: 105px; height: 152px;>The European Enterprise Institute wishes to pay tribute to a man whos contribution has changed modern society by stressing the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. If the post-war era was a Keynesian era we can say without exaggeration that since the 1980s we are experiencing a Schumpeterian Renaissance. February 8th, 2008 marks the 125 th Anniversary of Josef A. Schumpeters birth. The European Enterprise Institute will honour Josef A. Schumpeter through particular events in 2008 which underline his ideas and thoughts for a modern Economy. All modern growth is explained by innovation!br>br>div styletext-align: right;> Peter Jungenbr> President European Enterprise Institutebr>/div>br>/div>/div>a nameN161 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Competition - What It Has Done for Europe/h2> Brussels, 31st January 2008br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/08.01.31_4s.jpg> On the 31st January 2008 in the Salon de Members of the European Parliament the European Enterprise Institute organized Working Breakfast hosted by its Co-President, Gunnar Hoekmark MEP. The topic of the event was cite>Competition - What It Has Done for Europe/cite> - the same as the recent EEI Policy Paper.br>br>The key speaker (and the author of the brochure) was Johnny Munkhammar, whose lecture was received by 50-persons audience of MEPs, representatitives of the European Commission and leading European businessmen with great attention and which provoked lively discussion.br>br>The Working Breakfast also served as a good opportunity for the EEI to announce that Johnny Munkhammar has accepted its invitation and became the Senior Fellow of the European Enterprise Institute. Mr. Munkhammar is an analyst and commentator specialising in political and economic affairs, more specifically free market reforms, globalisation, labour markets, European integration and foreign policy; he recently published another book - cite>The Guide to Reform/cite>.br>/div>br>/div>a nameN168 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>1st Kuwait Global Forum/h2>p styleTEXT-ALIGN: justify>place w:ston>city w:ston>span>Brussels/span>/city>/place>span>,date year2007 day18 month12 w:ston> 18th December 2007/date>/span>br>br>img styleWIDTH: 179px; HEIGHT: 117px hspace0 srchttp://www.european-enterprise.org/public/images/Peter%20Jungen,%20KGF2.jpg alignleft border0>EEI President Peter Jungen participated to the panel Globalization and Development of the 1ST KUWAIT GLOBAL FORUM. The forum has aimed to further develop the process or bringing EU and Kuwait closer together wĂ˝th the aim of strengthenign economic cooperation. Speaking at the Forum were H.E. Jose Manuel Barroso - President of the European Commission and H.H. Sheikh Nasser Al - Mohammed Al - Ahmed AL - SABAH - Prime Minister of Kuwait among many global businessmen and opinion-formers trying to foster and encourage a growing relationship with Kuwait./p>div styleTEXT-ALIGN: justify>a href/public/docs/KGF20Brochure.pdf relnofollow>Brochure KGF/a>br>br>br>/div>/div>a nameN167 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Ways to increase support to education of entrepreneurship in the European Union/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>font size2>Brussels, 21st November 2007city w:ston>place w:ston> /place>/city>/font>br>font size2>city w:ston>place w:ston>/place>/city>/font>br>font size2>city w:ston>place w:ston>/place>/city>/font>font size2>/font>p>font size2>img hspace0 border0 alignleft stylewidth: 190px; height: 134px; src/public/images/news.ways.JPG>EEI dedicated this conference to increase efforts to build new entrepreneurial cultural in the EU. In the USA and many other countries, the individual taxpayers may decide to pay fraction of their income tax to such entities like foundations, think tanks, education centres. In the EU there is no such a common law; exceptions are to be spotted in some member states only. The discussants tried to find the answers to some questions like: Is there a chance to introduce such system in Europe? What institutions/organizations would benefit from it and who would be eligible to contribute to the scheme?br>br>Discussing these issues were, among others: Ján Figel′, Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Katerina Batzeli MEP, Jiri Plecity, Member of Cabinet of Vice-President GĂĽnter Verheugen, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission; Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman Europe Microsoft; Pauline Jansen, Director, BIZWorld Foundation; Annemarie Kaptein, Director, EDventure. /font>/p>/div>a nameN171 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Passport to Trade: Working Across Cultures in the EU/h2>p styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB>Brussels, 17th October 2007br>/span>/p>p styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB>img hspace0 border0 alignleft src/public/images/news_passport.JPG stylewidth: 199px; height: 150px;>/span>span langEN-GB>EEI co-organized the conference that gathered a variety of high level speakers which deal with the challenges of intercultural communication when doing business abroad and give a variety of case-studies, both informative and entertaining to illustrate the importance of different business cultures across Europe.br>br>The awareness of the importance of understanding different business cultures is not appreciated sufficiently by SMEs and neither are the support mechanisms readily available to them. This is reflected in the dropping numbers of SME`s in the EU actively involved in exporting.br>br>The ´Passport to Trade` project wants to inform SME`s about foreign business and cultural practices. br>br>Speaking at the conference were: Ján FIGEL, Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth; Ingo Friedrich MEP, Honorary President of the SME UNION; Richard HILL, EU consultant and book author; Piia-Noora KAUPPI MEP, Vice-President of the SME UNION; Arnaldo ABRUZZINI, Secretary General of EUROCHAMBRES; Jerzy Samborski, Vice President and Executive Director of the European Enterprise Institute (EEI); Jane SILVER, PhD, Professorial Fellow, Enterprise Centre School of Computing, Science & Engineering University of Salford; Julia RIDSDALE-SAW, Stratex sprl, Passport to Trade project partner. /span>/p>/div>a nameN169 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>International Leaders Summit/h2>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>i>span>Strategic Sessions onEconomics, Energy, Justice, Regulation, Security,p>span> /span>Taxation and Trade/p>/span>/i>/p>div styletext-align: justify;>Brussels, 10th-11th October 2007br>br>img vspace0 hspace0 border0 alignleft stylewidth: 223px; height: 166px; src/public/images/news_summit.JPG>EEI co-organized the Fourth Annual International Leaders Summit focusing on The Future of Transatlantic Relations. The summit brought business, media communications, think tank and political leaders to focus on relevant and timely issues that strengthen the Transatlantic relationship. Peter Jungen, President of EEI, participated to the panel: The Transatlantic Economy and Jerzy Samborski, Executive Director, EEI participated to the panel Energy Security: Seeking a Sound Energy Policy.br>/div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>br>i>span>p>p>/p>/p>/span>/i>/p> /div>a nameN160 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>What Competition Has Done for Europe/h2>Brussels, 11th September 2007br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.09.11_1s.jpg>On the 11th of September 2007 European Enterprise Institute launched a new Policy Paper: b>What Competition Has Done for Europe/b> by Johnny Munkhammar.br>br> Co-President of the EEI Gunnar Hökmark, MEP made a short introduction highlighting the importance of competitions for Europe in the past, present and future.br>br>The author of the book, Johnny Munkhammar showed us how competition has brought tremendous advantage for Europe and how it leaded to an economic development using theoretical, historical and comparative evidence. The areas where competition is needed and what European Union should do were the topics of major interest in the presentation.br>br> The presentation was followed by round discussion moderated by Jerzy Samborski, Executive Director of the EEI.br>/div>br>EEI welcomes you to express your opinion about Johnny Munkhammar’s book as well as your comments and remarks related to the competition and its role in the world development. We will publish your texts in the a href/items/whatwedo/eeiopinions/index.html relnofollow>“Opinions” rubrique/a>; our intention is to invite discussants to the public debate on the subject with the participation of President Nicolaus Sarkozy.br>br>a href/items/gallery/images/07.09.11 relnofollow>More photos.../a>/div>a nameN159 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Through Education to Innovation /h2>div styletext-align: justify;> Krynica, Poland 6th September 2007br>br>big>b> /b>/big>i>Panel organized by European Enterprise Institute, Brussels/i>br>/div>big>br>/big>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.09.06_1s.jpg> A key failure of the ablity of the EU to realise the Lisbon Strategy has been the distinct lack of progress on fostering a pan-European enterpreneurial culture. When the history of the EU is considered, especially in the case of the Eastern European Members, enterpreneurs and the entrepreneurial spirit they promote have experienced persecution and obstruction throught the Twentieth Century. In other parts of Europe Entrepreneurialism, where not explicitly proscribed, has as a concept been undervalued and under-utulised and under-promoted. It is essential that this detrimental reality is addressed. br>big> /big>br>Through education the European Union has the ability to realise the true potential of its citizens. Only though the mass engagement, experience and progression of private innovation and enterprise can the EU face the changes and challenges of the twenty-first century.br>big> /big>br>u>Moderator:/u>br>big> /big>br>b>Jerzy Samborski/b> - Vice-President and Executive Director, European Enterprise Institute, Brusselsbr>big> /big>br>u>Panellists:/u>br>big> /big>br>b>Pauline Jansen/b> - Chairwoman, BizzWorld, Hollandbr>b>Jan Muehlfeit/b> - Chairman, Europe Microsoft Corporationbr>b>MichaĹ‚ SeweryĹ„ski/b> - Minister of Science and Higher Education, Polandbr>b>Christian Weinberger/b> - Head of Unit Enterpreneurship DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commisionbr>/div>br>a href/items/gallery/images/07.09.06 relnofollow>More photos.../a>/div>a nameN157 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Breakfast/h2>Brussels, 3rd July 2007br>div styletext-align: justify;>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.07.03_1s.jpg>On the 3rd of July 2007 European Enterprise Institute Co-President Gunnar Hökmark MEP hosted a Working Breakfast on Alternative Dispute Resolution in the European Parliament. ADR is fast replacing the traditional lengthy process of litigation in commercial disputes: in London every year around 70-80% of such mediations settle within one to two days with a further 10-15% settling a few weeks later. It has been suggested by supporters that this efficient, effective and relatively cheap process has initiated a global revolution in dispute management. This hugely successful event brought together experts from across the field of ADR and featured speakers including Sharon Bowles MEP, Balazs Mellar from the Commission, Jacques Zeegers from the Mediations Service Banks-Credits and Investments and Jonathan Zuck President of the ACT. br>/div>br>/div>a nameN156 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Flexicurity Working Breakfast/h2>Brussels, 27th June 2007br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.06.27_1s.jpg>On the 27th of June European Enterprise Institute Boards Member Karin Riis Joergensen MEP hosted a Working Breakfast on Flexicurity in the European Parliament. With the Commission in the process of finalising its Communication on this controversial issue the EEI event took a broad cross-partisan approach; with speakers from the EPP-ED (Jacek Protasiewicz MEP), PSE (Ole Christensen MEP and Liberal (Karin Riss-Joergensen MEP) parties alongside Margeret Rudzki from EuroChambres. We also had the honour of welcoming Professor Ton Wilthagen, Flexicurity Rapporteur, who provided some welcome balance to proceedings!br>/div>br>/div>a nameN155 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>European Enterprise Institutes award for The Greatest European Reformer 2007/h2>Brussels, 26th June 2007 br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.06.26_1s.jpg>This years, EEI award was presented to Professor Leszek Balcerowicz in recognition for his contribution to both Poland and the European Union as a whole. A veteran of Solidarity and the engineer of the post-communist era cite>shock therapy/cite> economic program, Prof. Balcerowicz has been credited with providing the foundations for the successful and stable growth of the Polish economy since its independence from the Warsaw Pact and the EEI was delighted to formally recognise the vital work of this pioneering European statesman. Speaking at the event were Professor Leszek Balcerowicz, co-President of EEI Gunnar Hökmark MEP, President Peter Jungen, the Chairman of the EPP-ED Wilfried Martens and the Executive Director of the EEI Jerzy Samborski. /div>br>/div>a nameN154 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EU Finding Study Visit to the Institutions of the European Union/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>Brussels, 25th - 29th July 2007br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.06.25_1s.jpg>Between the 25th and the 29th of July the Education and Accreditation Program for European Union Staff and European Funds Advisors, in Partnership with the European Enterprise Institute, hosted a study visit designed to acquaint and familiarise participants with the application process for EU funding. Using past, present and planned funding application examples this visit was aimed specifically at European Funds advisers, public-private partnership schemes and local government agencies. The event also provided an excellent opportunity for networking through meetings with relevant representatives from the European Commission and Parliament. br>/div>br>/div>a nameN153 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI President addresses OECD conference in Paris/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>Paris, 22nd June 2007br>br>On the 22nd June EEI President Peter Jungen participated in two panels at this key conference featuring experts, politicians and businessmen from around the world. Designed to discuss the challenges and opportunities for corporate governance in private equity-backed companies, both in OECD and non-OECD countries, this conference provided an important forum for the exchange of views and ideas in this developing field of CSG application.br>/div>br>/div>a nameN151 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Chris Horner’s lecture in PoznaĹ„/h2>PoznaĹ„, 21st May 2007br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.05.21_1s.jpg>On the 21 of May 2007 Christopher C. Horner, The EEIs Director ofExternal Relations, delivered a lecture to the students and staff ofPoznaĹ„s universities and colleges entitled: cite>Global Warming: Politicsand Policy/cite>. The event was co-organized with two international studentsorganisations: AEGEE Warsaw andWielkopolskie Students Forum Business Centre Club and was hosted by ThePoznaĹ„ University of Technology. The event attracted about 250participants, including Professor Tomasz Ĺodygowski, Prorector forEducation at PoznaĹ„ University of Technology.br>br>At the centre of the discussion were the causes of global warming andthe solutions which could be undertaken to prevent it. No stranger tocontroversy Chris Horner tackled the issue of human responsibility forclimate change and then outlined the reality behind the Kyoto Protocols.The commitment by Poland to ration carbon emissions was also discussedin detail.br>br>The lecture was a great opportunity for students to fully grasp the importance of the subject and the variety of views and opinionssurrounding it. The conference also served to raise many importantissues for further discussion amongst the students.br>/div>br>/div>a nameN150 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Global Warming: Politics and Policy/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>The EEIs Director of External Relations Chris Horner will deliver a lecture to the students and staff of PoznaĹ„’s universities and colleges. This unprecendented event entitled: “Global Warming: Politics and Policy” has been organised by EEI in cooperation with the two main Polish student bodies (Wielokopolskie Student’s Forum Business Centre Club and AEGEE Warsaw). The lecture will take place on the 21 May at 17:00 at Politechnika PoznaĹ„ska (a hrefhttp://www.sfbcc.org.pl/Regiony_SF_BCC/Wielkopolski/ relnofollow>http://www.sfbcc.org.pl/Regiony_SF_BCC/Wielkopolski//a>) br>br>EEI Essay Contest – II editionbr>br>The European Enterprise Institute has invited students from PoznaĹ„ to take part in an essay competition* on Global Warming entitled: “Climate Change: groundless hysteria or global disaster?”. The deadline is 31 of May 2007, the best essay will be published on the EEI website and the author will take part in a key international conferences held in Brussels at the expense of the EEI (date and the topic of the conference to be announced).br>br>On the 22 May between 9:00-13:30 Chris Horner will be a key speaker at the Expopower Conference in PoznaĹ„, dedicated to Global Warming issues. Together with Chris Horner, speeches will be performed by leading scientists, polititians and businessmen.br>br>*Taking part in the essey contest requires attendence either on the lecture of Chris Horner on 21 May or Conference 22 May 2007. Essey should be written in english and be no longer than 2-3 pages (600-900 words).br>br>/div>/div>a nameN149 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Working Breakfast/h2>Brussels, 15th May 2007br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.05.15_1s.jpg>div styletext-align: justify;>The Co-President of the European Enterprise Institute Gunnar Hökmark MEPhosted a Working Breakfast on Ensuring Fairness: the Equal Application of EUCompetition Legislation in the European Parliament on 15th May. This event discussed pressing pan-European demands for standardised competitionlegislation enforcement in the energy sector and focused on the danger toEuropean growth, stability and security of hesitant or unsubstantiatedaction. Speaking were Dr Alan Riley; a Solicitor of the Supreme Court ofEngland and Wales and a specialist in European Competition Law, Dr FrankUmbach; Resident Fellow of the DGAP responsible for Security Policies in theAsia-Pacific Program and previously assistant to the NATO Secretary Generaland Pawel Konzal, Brussels Director of the Polish energy company PGNiG.Participants included members of the European Commission, EuropeanParliament, Business leaders and media.br>br>/div>/div>a nameN148 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Chris Horner addresses Climate Change Conference at European Parliament/h2>Brussels, 18th April 2007br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.04.18_1s.JPG>The EEIcite>/cite>s Director of External Relations Chris Horner made a key-note address yesterday (18th April 2007) on cite>Debunking the Kyoto Mythology/cite> at the Conference for Counter Consensual Climate Change at the European Parliament in Brussels. No stranger to controversy Mr Horner explained in detail the reality behind the Kyoto Protocols, which in his opinion have both dominated and stagnated the global debate on climate change, and illustrated with his typical wit and erudition the real causes of U.S abstention.br>br>img alignright src/items/gallery/images/07.04.18_2s.JPG>Despite constant media coverage to the contrary the reality of Kyoto, explained Mr Horner, was that the U.S had signed the Protocol during the Clinton administration and that its lack of confirmation was due not to President Bush but instead to the absence of Senate ratification. Tackling the issue of condemnation for the U.S position, Mr Horner pointed out that whilst the U.S had supposedly been cite>left behind/cite> by its refusal to adopt Kyoto they were in fact alongside fifty-five other countries that had similarly not signed! Expanding on issues raised in his policy papers here at the EEI Mr Horner explored, in the light of so many abstentions, whether the Kyoto Protocols were in fact realistic.br>br>A great success in providing a forum for counter-points to a predominantly one-sided debate yesterdays discussion, organised by Rodger Helmer MEP raised many important issues for further discussion.br>/div>br>/div>a nameN146 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Student, the Winner of the EEI Essay Contest Welcomed at the Brussels High Level Conference/h2>Brussels, 27th March 2007br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/07.03.27_1s.jpg>div styletext-align: justify;>Mateusz Lacki, student of the Warsaw School of Economics, has won the trip to Brussels to participate at the conference organized by the SME UNION at the European Parliament Challenges Facing SMEs in the New Member States on Tuesday 27th March 2007. This was the award for the best essay related to the European Spirit of Entrepreneurship and the role of the Young generation on the future of Europe: Young Generation - New Voice Europe. Mr. Lacki was welcomed by the President of the European Enterprise Institute in the presence of many distinguished speakers and guests, including Maive Rute, Director for Entrepreneurship of the European Commission and other high ranking EC officials, MEPs representing several EU member states. He was introduced to the former Prime Minister of Poland Jerzy Buzek, Polish Ambassador at the EU Jan Tombinski, Secretary General of UEAPME Hans-Werner Mueller and many other important persons. He was being looked after by the Head Office of the EEI, Magdalena Zelazny-Stoklosa, as well as by Nicole Cichetti and Kate Lech, the EEI interns.br>br>b>The European Enterprise Institute has decided to extend the contest to the next month; the essays related to the European spirit of entrepreneurship will be published on the a href/index.html relnofollow>EEI website/a> and the winner of the trip to Brussels Conference will be announced at the end of April. Students from all European countries are welcome.br>br>/b>/div>/div>a nameN145 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Thunderbird Entrepreneur Center Adds Peter Jungen to board/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>MaGlendale, Ariz. USA, 26th March 2007br>br>The Thunderbird Center for Global Entrepreneurship has named German entrepreneur and investor Peter Jungen to its Board of Directors. Jungen, chairman, owner and founder of Peter Jungen Holding of Köln, Germany, has investments in various industries and service related companies.br>br>The Thunderbird Center for Global Entrepreneurship is charged with promoting the School’s commitment to developing global managers who are resourceful, innovative, and capable of pursuing new opportunities in uncertain environments. The Center also serves as an on-campus business incubator, providing seed money for student and faculty ventures and sponsoring competitions for global business launches, social venture business plans and global business planning.br>br>“Peter Jungen’s background and international reputation among business entrepreneurs makes him an ideal addition to our Board,” said Robert Hisrich, director of the Center. “His presence will enhance our program and bring new opportunities to Thunderbird students and faculty.”br>br>/div> /div>a nameN142 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Winner of the EEI Essay Contest/h2>Brussels, 19th March 2007 br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>At the occasion of the Public Debate with the Warsaw Universities Students the European Enterprise Institute invited them to take part in the contest on the best essay related to the European Spirit of Entrepreneurship and the role of the Young generation on the future of Europe: Young Generation - New Voice Europe. The contest attracted many authors and for the Jury, presided by Peter Jungen, President of EEI, it was not easy task to chose the winner, who turned out to be Mr. Mateusz Lacki, student of the Warsaw School of Economics, for his essay :br>br>a href/items/whatwedo/articlesspeeches/contest1_winner_lacki_mateusz_essay.pdf relnofollow>European Spirit of Entrepreneurship and the role Polands young generation can play so Europe regain its leadership in the economy and social matters in the globalised word/a>.br>br>The author will take part at the international conference organized by the SME UNION at the European Parliament Challenges Facing SMEs in the New Accession States in Renaissance Hotel, Brussels on 27th March 2007 at the expense of the EEI. /div>/div>a nameN141 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>„What Can German Presidency Do to Revitalise EU Economy?” /h2>Warsaw, 13th March 2007span stylefont-weight: bold;>br>/span>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft stylewidth: 205px; height: 136px; src/items/gallery/images/070313/07.03.13_2a.jpg>b>European Enterprise Institute/b> (Brussels), UNICORN – European Union of Small and Medium Enterprises and of the Middle Class, together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Poland) organized at Warsaw Sheraton on Tuesday 13th March 2007 public debate which had been aimed to raise some questions which could be of some assistance to the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski who was to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her visit to Poland two days later on.br>According to Black Coffee Meeting’ formula, only narrow group (40 persons) of the top level representatives of EU embassies, Polish Parliament, Government and industry, as well as the rectors of Warsaw universities was invited. Discussion, moderated by Peter Jungen, was tackling philosophical, cultural, and even moral and psychological matters rather than economy, i.e:br>br>”What has happened to Europe that it has been lagging behind, now not only the US, but also of China and India?”br>br>“Where there is the famous European intellectual power and entrepreneurship which brought the prosperity to fellow Europeans?” br>br>“Can the current EU political elite, consisted of the old members states politicians, who ignore the newcomers, speed up the development of the EU economy?”“Is it not that the time has come that the New European Generation (Google Generation, and not those at their 50-70s) should get the helm of EU?”br>br>As usually at the EEI debates, many discussants had opportunity to come out with their interventions and questions, among others they were Ambassadors of Austria – Alfred Laengle, Greece – Pantelis Carcabassis, Latvia – Alberts Sarkanis, Germany – Reinhard Schweppe, Slovakia – Frantisek Ruzicka, as well as Polish Deputy Minister of Economy - Marcin Korolec, Polish ex-Minister of Finance - PaweĹ‚ Wojciechowski, Konrad Adenauer Foundation – Stephan Raabe and many others. The honorary guest of the debate was Joachim Bitterlich, former Internal and Security Head Office Adviser of the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.br>br>Among distinguished guests were three students of Warsaw universities who have won the contest for most interesting intervention during the meeting at the Warsaw School of Economics which was held one day earlier./div>br>a href/items/gallery/images/07.03.13 relnofollow>More photos/a>br>br>br>/div>a nameN140 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Young Generation - New Voice of Europe/h2>Warsaw, 12th March 2007br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/070312/07.03.12_3a.jpg>div styletext-align: justify;>On Monday, 12th March 2007, at Warsaw School of Economics, Peter Jungen gave the lecture and had a discussion with the students of Warsaw universities. The event (English spoken only, no interpretation was available), was co-organized with the renowned international students organisation the a hrefhttp://www.hot.aegee.waw.pl/ relnofollow>AEGEE/a> and has attracted well above 100 young people.br>br>The authors of the three most interesting interventions during lively debate which followed the lecture were elected by the public votes to represent the students at the Black Coffee Meeting – “Brussels Hot Issue” which was to be held by the EEI following day at the Warsaw Sheraton Hotel. br>br>At the occasion of the Warsaw event the European Enterprise Institute invited Warsaw students to take part in the contest on the best essay related to the European Spirit of Entrepreneurship and the role of the Young generation on the future of Europe: Young Generation - New Voice for Europe. The deadline is 18th March 2007, the best essay will be published on the EEI website and the author will take part at the international conference span stylefont-style: italic;>“Challenges Facing SMEs in the New Accession States”/span> in Renaissance Hotel, Brussels on 27th March 2007 at the expense of the EEI. br>br>a href/items/gallery/images/07.03.12 relnofollow>More photos/a>br>b>a href/items/videos/07.03.12 relnofollow>Video /a>/b>/div>br>br>/div>a nameN138 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Public Debate: European Spirit of Entrepreneurship/h2>Brussels, 6th February 2007br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img src/items/gallery/images/07.02.06_1a.jpg>br>br>Professor Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, invited by Peter Jungen, President of the European Enterprise Institute (EEI), was the key speaker of the public debate on “European Spirit of Entrepreneurship-is it still alive?” This event was organized by EEI on 6 February 2007 in Brussels. Other speakers who participated in this event included: Jerzy Buzek MEP, Paul RĂĽbig MEP, James Elles MEP and Peter Jungen, who had the Welcoming Speech. The discussion panel was moderated by Gunnar Hökmark MEP - Co-President of EEI. Jerzy Samborski, Executive Director of EEI, had concluding remarks. br>br>Professor Phelps in his speech chose to focus heavily on EU relations with the United States and Canada. Phelps explained differences in employment opportunities in the EU and the US and Canada, and mentioned the causes of varying levels of productivity. Phelps explained that he wants to see entrepreneurship advance in Europe as he has seen a growing number of young individuals start their own businesses. He briefly mentioned education in the EU and the US and Canada, and expressed his believes that higher education will advance Europe. He was answering questions and gave interviews to several newspapers and TV crews.br>br>The debate attracted nearly 150 persons, including 13 MEPs, European Commission staff, and representatives of industry. As it shown, the spirit of the entrepreneurship, or rather its lack in Europe, requires deep and serious analyses as it has become the real problem, particularly of the social and cultural matter. Many participants expressed their wish to continue public discussion on that issue and European Enterprise Institute representatives promised its continuation.br>br>Photographs and video recordings of the debate with some speeches and interventions will be available on the EEI website.The issue “European Spirit of Entrepreneurship” will be elaborated on, also in the form of on-line Forum, with strong support from politicians, business people and media; their participation already announced Jerzy Buzek MEP, Barbara Koelm-Lamprechter, Eline van de Broek, Lisa Maltagliati and many other distinguished personalities. His strong support for the debate organized by EEI, expressed also Vice President of the European Commission, Guenter Verheugen, Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry. br>br>a href/items/gallery/images/07.02.06 relnofollow>More photos/a>br>a href/items/videos/07.02.06 relnofollow>Video/a>/div>br>/div>a nameN134 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>International Conference /h2>Brussels, 4th December 2006br>br>p>EEI in cooperation with SMEUnion is organizing conference on 4sup>th /sup>December in Brussels The World of Micro-Enterprises:br>Let them Start, Grow, Innovate & Employ!/p>/div>a nameN131 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>London Protocol and the European Patent Litigation Agreement as a key incremental steps to encourage innovation in Europe. Brown-bag Lunch Debate/h2>Brussels, 20th November 2006br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/06.11.20_1s.jpg>p alignjustify>Following the McCreevy consultation earlier this year on a future patent policy for Europe, the European Commission has committed to coming up with a new patent strategy before the end of 2006 and to prepare a more comprehensive IPR strategy in 2007, facilitating inter alia the circulation of innovative ideas. In the Communication announcing this timetable (COM(2006) 502 Final, 13 September 2006), the Commission called on the Member States to join in making the existing patent system more efficient by ratifying the London Protocol and advancing discussions on the European Patent Litigation Agreement. What are these instruments, and how can they help encourage innovation by European entrepreneurs, including SMEs? br>/p>p alignjustify>On Monday 20th November 2006, at the Renaissance Hotel, the European Enterprise Institute hold the Brown-bag Lunch Debate at which its Key Speaker, Alain Strowel, Professor of Design and Trademark at the Universities of Brussels and Liege, briefed the audience on the above issues. a href/items/whatwedo/presentations/londonagreement.ppt relnofollow>(download the presentation)/a> As the date of the event coincided with the Commissioner McCreevy Question Time scheduled for the following day, the meeting became a good occasion to refresh or /and update the knowledge of the most important issues the IP policy consists of. The moderator Peter Jungen, President of the EEI, in his introduction emphasized the difference between small and big companies in terms of innovation. While one is turning money into knowledge, called research and development, the other is turning knowledge into money usually accomplished by small and medium sized enterprises. SMEs often do not have the possible financial means to implement the patent for the investment. Moreover 90% of patent registry is not economically used so the current system of patent rights bloque the use of knowledge./p>p alignjustify>Alain Strowel pointed out that the main patent problem of Europe is the lack of a uniform litigation system and an overall procedure to obtain European patents. The increasing number of European Union languages also impede the process. The solutions are on the table: the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) and the London Protocol about translations of patent. EPLA implements a uniform procedure in order to get European patents and introduces a new international organisation, the European Patent Judiciary (EPJ) to decide on patent questions. The London Protocol goes further than EPLA as soon as it will be accepted by the Member States. Eight countries have to ratify it in order to come into force. From the three largest states regarding patents – Germany, UK and France – only the latter one has not yet given the green light because everyone is waiting for the upcomming elections next year. Altogether seven countries have ratified and the attention is drawn towards France. Amazing fact is that the average European Patent costs about 32 000 EUR but total cost reduction depends on the number of countries which will ratify it./p>p alignjustify> In the discussion many of the participants expressed their thoughts about the high costs of European Patent rights starting from the translation until the unique world wide patent rights system. In his concluding words Peter Jungen expressed his view that the first step for Europe should be the implementation of its own Community patent./p>p>/p>/div>a nameN130 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Going to Nairobi/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>p>span>For those interested in the 12th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, or COP-12, in place w:ston>city w:ston>Nairobi/city>/place>, wespan> /span>attach a a title/items/whatwedo/policynotes/index.html href/items/whatwedo/policynotes/index.html relnofollow>Policy Note/a> written by Chris Horner, EEI Policy Counsel./span>span> It addresses:/span>span>p>/p>/span>/p>p>span>a) an update of EU Kyoto performance, reviewing and comparing prior claims, new language and the end-of-October EEA/Commission report;/span>span>p>/p>/span>/p>p>span>b) the concept of the UK or EU bootstrapping California in to a Kyoto Privileged Partnership to sell credits (not that CA is likely to have any, but also this is not permissible under the current Kyoto agreement; if as always, the Kyotophiles decide thats no impediment then it does seem apparent if not to the UK that bringing in US States on their own, under more forgiving regimes and solely to sell credits, relieves any argument for and pressure on Washington to join up -- quite the quandry);/span>span>p>/p>/span>/p>p>span>c) the theorized COsup>2/sup> border tax adjustments for energy-intensive goods aimed at easing the hit on EU competitiveness (the EUs High Level Group rely on a pre-Kyoto, internally contradictory and wholly unpersuasive paper to argue it; the Policy Note assesses this and offers a detailed examination of the perils of the Shrimp-Turtle WTO precedent nonetheless, and note that this response calls in essence for the end of the WTO instead of simply addressing that which is harming the EUs competitiveness); and/span>span>p>/p>/span>/p>p>span>d) this Waiting for Godot routine, pining for a President McCain or Hillary who will leap to sign up to a post-2012 Kyoto -- though no Senator even hints at such a desire, but only supports much weaker domestic legislation -- as part of the excuse-making for why the UNFCCC will be unable to get deeper commitments and on the planned timetable./span>span>p>/p>/span>/p>/div>/div>a nameN133 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>The Balance of Power and Diplomacy/h2>Tel Aviv, 31st October 2006br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>Vice President of EEI Gunnar Hoekmark MEP participated in the conference at the Tel Aviv University on October 31, 2006 and he delivered the speech which was received with a great interest. br>br>a href/items/whatwedo/articlesspeeches/Tel_Aviv_University_Diplomacy_and_balance_rev.pdf relnofollow>Download speech in pdf/a> /div>/div>a nameN129 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Business Angels Investment Forum/h2>Singapore, 30th October 2006br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/06_10_30_1s.jpg>p styletext-align: justify;>PeterJungen was a Key Speaker at the Business Angels Investment Forum held on 30sup>th/sup> October 2006 held as a part ofGlobal Entrepolis @ Singapore 2006. He demonstrated that the most profitableroute towards wealth creation in Asia and Europelay in developing a high entrepreneur-friendly culture./p>br>p>br>/p>/div>a nameN126 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Peter Jungen meets Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Edmund Phelps/h2>New York City, 25th October 2006br>br>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/06_07_01_2s.jpg>div styletext-align: left;>div styletext-align: justify;>Peter Jungen, president of EEI met 2006 Nobel Prize Winner, Professor Edmund C. Phelps at the Columbia University in New York City on 25th October 2006 and invited him to the one of the next year events to be held by EEI in Brussels. /div>div styletext-align: justify;>state w:ston>span langEN-US>/span>/state>span langEN-US>Professor/span>span langEN-US> Phelps has won the prize in economics for his influential work in explaining the complex relationship between unemployment and inflation in the making of economic policy.He developed economic models that challenged the conventional view in the 1950s and 1960s of a stable relationship between inflation and unemployment known as the Phillips Curve. In his research, Phelps demonstrated that the interaction of inflation and unemployment was much more complex, and that employment levels also depended heavily on the expectations that workers and employers held about future inflation./span>/div>p>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>/div>/div>a nameN132 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>The Transatlantic Relations 2010/h2>Bornemouth, 2nd October 2006br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>Co-President of EEI Gunnar Hökmark MEP participated in the conference at the Conservative party congress in Bournemouth Monday, the 2nd of October 2006-10-02 and he delivered the speech which was received with a great interest. br>br>a href/items/whatwedo/articlesspeeches/Transatlantic_Relations_2010_Bournemouth_Conservative_Conference.pdf relnofollow>Download speech in pdf/a> /div>/div>a nameN124 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Polands Energy Challenges/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>Warsaw - Zakopane - Katowice, 2nd - 6th October 2006br>br>Jerzy Samborski, EEI Executive Director and Chris Horner, EEI Policy Counsel (USA) performed on 2nd – 6th October 2006 a tour on their Poland’s Energy Challenges project which included conferences, seminars and meetings with top Polish energy experts and politicians. Energy remains one of the hottest European Union issues and EEI tries to engage as many as possible main stakeholders to the public debate with the aim of finding the best solution in relation to the energy security as well as to the Green House Gas emission.br>br>They also visited Polish renowned think tanks: the span stylefont-weight: bold;>Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE)/span> in Warsaw where they met its president, Dr. Ewa Balcerowicz and the span stylefont-weight: bold;>Institute for Strategic Studies /span>of Cracow with its president Anna SzymaĹ„ska-Klich.br>br>img vspace0 hspace0 border0 alignleft src/public/images/archive/06.10.03_1_s.jpg>In Zakopane, famous mountains resort near equally famous Krynica, they participated in The Energy Technology – Today and Tomorrow”Conference organized by the thespan stylefont-weight: bold;> Economic Chamber of Energy and of the Environment’s Protection/span> in co-operation with the Institute of the span stylefont-weight: bold;>Chemical Utilization of Coal/span>. a href/public/docs/Horner_Presentation_Zakopane_October_2006_PL1.ppt relnofollow>Chris Horner presentation Polish Energy Security Dilemma”/a> was received with great interest and became a subject of hot discussion at the bone fire with live folk music and barbecue which followed the official gathering.br>br>On 5th October 2006 the span stylefont-weight: bold;>Black Coffee Meeting/span> was organized together with span stylefont-weight: bold;>Institute for Globalization in Katowice/span>, the capital of coal and steel industry region – Silesia. Among the participants were Professor JĂłzef DubiĹ„ski, Executive Director of the span stylefont-weight: bold;>Central Mining Institute/span> and his deputy, Professor Krystyna Czaplicka-Kolarz, Piotr ZniszczoĹ‚ of span stylefont-weight: bold;>JastrzÄ™bie Coal Company/span> and other representatives of coal industry.as well as Dr. Tomasz Teluk who was co-hosting the event.br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img vspace0 hspace0 border0 alignright src/public/images/archive/06.10.05_1_s.jpg>More than one hour lasted meeting in Warsaw with Piotr Naimski, span stylefont-weight: bold;>Deputy Minister of Economics/span> and his close advisers Mr. Pawel Konzal, and Mr. PrzemysĹ‚aw Wipler. The meeting took place one hour after Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister left Polish capital and the discussion focused on Mr. Naimski field of his ministerial responsibility which is national energy security and, particularly, the diversification of resources.br>/div>br>The same subject and prospects of Polish MPs coming to Brussels to take part in broader discussion on energy was discussed with Andrzej CzerwiĹ„ski MP, the span stylefont-weight: bold;>Chairman of the Working Group on Energy of the Polish Parliament/span>.br>br>img vspace0 hspace0 border0 alignleft src/public/images/archive/06.10.06_1_s.jpg>EuroPower Conference Grand Gala Reception at the Sheraton Hotel preceded conference itself which took place on 6th October 2006 with more than 400 participants. The panel Energy Security was dominated by the lively dispute between Professor Jerzy Buzek MEP, span stylefont-weight: bold;>Chairman of the 7th Frame Programme Committee of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Poland /span>and Christopher Horner who presented – very well received – lecture Poland’s Kyoto Bill comes due: The Choice: Replace Polish Coal with Russian Gas for Brussels, or Should Poland Instead Protect its Interests.Europeanbr>br>Enterprise Institute plans further events and publications on the energy issue in the near future, including Brussels and other European member states./div>/div>a nameN118 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Trans-Atlantic Action Platform?/h2>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: left;>Brussels, 18th September 2006br>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;>/span>/p>p aligncenter classMsoNormal styletext-align: center;>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;>br>/span>/p>p aligncenter classMsoNormal styletext-align: center;>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;>(Meeting sponsored bythe European Enterprise Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute)/span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> p>/p>/span>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>img vspace0 hspace0 border0 alignleft src/public/images/archive/06_09_18_2_s.jpg>Several groups and policy contacts met on September 18to discuss REACH and other issues for potential collaboration. We beganwith a discussion of REACH and its impacts and then discussed /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>ways in whichgroups could impact policy. Basically, we focused on what are the accesspoints for free-market groups to influence policy outcomes. Unfortunately,the opportunities for such advocacy appear to be quite limited./span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;> /span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Michelle Dastin-Van Rijn of the U.S. Mission to the EUprovided some insights into discussions with the EU about the /span>span langEN stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>BetterRegulation Task Force, /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>regulatory impact assessments, andthe potential for other policies that increase public input and promoteaccountability in government. This might be an area worth exploring …possible via policy papers written by groups in place w:ston>Europe/place>on the need for greater accountability in government. /span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>The conversation then turned to media outreach. There was agreement that this area offers limited opportunities as well—inessence the media is largely captured and supports city w:ston>place w:ston>Brussels/place>/city>. city w:ston>place w:ston>Brussels/place>/city> media is particularly wedded to theEU institutions, meaning that it largely defends the status quo. The WallStreet Journal Europe might be an exception, but because it is an Americanpublication its influence on EU policymakers is limited. /span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Participants seemed to agree that the best way toreach policymakers was to contact them directly. In addition, mediaoutreach is best focused at the nation-level where there were moreopportunities, but with the understanding that challenges are stillconsiderable./span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>EEI president Peter Jungen offered some suggestions ona strategic approach. It contained three elements:/span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US> /span>br>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>1)/span>/b>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>/b>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Start early-go direct./span>/b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;> Policy groups need to go directly to policymakers at all levels: MEPs,Commission staff and policymakers, and council members. Such interactionsshould begin early in the process. For example, as the Commission beginsto deliberate (this information can be found on the Commission Work plan) on anissue, free-market policy groups should begin a dialog. Then when theissue moves to the Parliament, free-market groups need to meet with the Rapateurand the Shadow Rapateur during the early days of debate. Groups need todevelop relationships with DGs, MEPs, and National Reps. /span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US> /span>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>2)/span>/b>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>/b>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>National Media Focus./span>/b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;> Mediaoutreach should be focused on national press—mostly trade press. Policygroups can coordinated research efforts and share research, but the each groupneeds to market the information at the national level in their own language,conducting outreach to local press and local policymakers. A considerablefocus should be on national trade magazines./span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US> /span>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>3)/span>/b>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>/b>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>New groups/bigger coalitions./span>/b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;> Need to organize some kind of “Trans-Atlantic Action Platform,” a group ofthink tanks in country-region w:ston>USA/country-region> and place w:ston>Europe/place>, which could jointly, quickly react to newpolitical issues and therefore have bigger impact. To achieve this EEIproposes, as below:/span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> /span>b>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Next Steps:/span>/b>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;>Ø/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>EEI would like to host a larger seminar on how to facilitate thisprogram. Focus will be on an upcoming initiative on which groups couldfocus their efforts. This issue should fit the criteria above: Itneeds to be early in its development. Possible topics discuss wereworking-time directive (although this may be too far along in the process) andan audio-visual services directive. EEI Executive Director Jerzy Samborski noted that good occasion could be the “EU GreatestEconomy Transformers” big conference which EEI is planning in the late January2007, an event showing the most innovative and brave persons who have dared totake risky decisions but the pushed the EU forward./span>/p>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US>/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;>Ø/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>In addition, Peter Jungen noted that we need to be taking the initiativeon these things rather than responding to ongoing debates. Perhapsfree-market groups should consider what policy they want to advance then try tomarket it to EU policymakers./span>/p>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;>Ø/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Joint-multination meetings/coffees: It would be good for groups tomeet in various places around place w:ston>Europe/place>periodically for strategy sessions and networking. These might happenmonthly or more frequently./span>/p>p classMsoNormal stylemargin-left: 27pt; text-indent: -18pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;>Ø/span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 7pt;> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Online meetings: another possibility for group networking might beonline discussions./span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>img vspace0 hspace0 border0 alignleft src/public/images/archive/06_09_18_1_s.jpg>During the lunch, at which the participants were honoured by the presence of C. Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the EU, the discussion turned to why we were unable to getmore policy groups to join in this meeting. Costs are likely anissue. In the future, we need to track meetings of free-market groups in place w:ston>Europe/place> and do events in tandem with those events, toincrease participation in this ad-hoc coalition./span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US> p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US stylefont-style: italic;> /span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>span stylefont-style: italic;>Angela Logomasini (CEI)/span>/span>/p>/div>a nameN117 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>REACH puts EU competitiveness at risk concludes new EEI e-opinion/h2>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>15th August, 2006br>br>/font>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>In a new EEI e-opinion published today with the EuropeanEnterprise Institute, Angela Logomasini director of risk and environmentalpolicy at the span stylefont-style: italic;>Competitive Enterprise Institute/span> in Washington DC, outlines whythe �by-now famous� REACH proposal risk undermining EU competitiveness withoutachieving substantial gains in health and environmental benefits. In here-opinion Logomasini provides a challenge to some of the basic scientificassumptions that have driven the debate so far. Logomasini remarks that claimsput forward in the public debate are of suspiciously poor quality where reportsand statements are deliberately misinterpreted. She concludes that some data �..is less reliable than gossip..� In order to access her arguments please followthis a href/public/docs/Logomasini20on20REACH.pdf relnofollow>link/a>./font>/div>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal> /p>p classMsoNormal stylefont-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size1>Note /font>/p>p classMsoNormal stylefont-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size1> /font>/p>p classMsoNormal stylefont-style: italic;>font size2>font size1>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>The European Enterprise Institute is an independentnon-party affiliated think tank. The EEI provides a platform for an opinionatedpolicy debate on issues that affect European competitiveness and conditions foreconomic growth. The EEI does not take an institutional opinion on individualissues./span>/font>p>/p>/font>/p>/div>a nameN116 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Peter Jungen about winning the argument over free and open markets/h2>p classMsoNormal stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt;>EEI President, Peter Jungen has published an article as one of the leading contributors to the European American Business 2006, published by the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce. In his article “keeping markets free” he outlined his view on how the argument over free markets should be won. Jungen states “..font colorblack>span stylecolor: black;>that in order for Europe and the place w:ston>country-region w:ston>US/country-region>/place> to succeed, we will need to embrace globalisation rather than oppose it..” and that we should “.. focus on our strengths rather than on our weakness..”/span>/font>. Other distinguished contributors to this edition are Carlos M Gutierrez, United States Secretary of Commerce and GĂĽnther Verheugen, vice-president of the European Commission. To read his arguments please follow this a hrefhttp://www.european-american-business.com/2006/p_08.php relnofollow>link/a>.p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p stylebackground: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; margin-bottom: 6.1pt; line-height: 18pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>i>font size1>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 7.5pt; font-style: italic;>br>Note /span>/font>/i>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: italic;>p>/p>/span>/i>/p>p stylebackground: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; margin-bottom: 6.1pt; line-height: 18pt; classMsoNormal>i stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size1>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 7.5pt; font-style: italic;>The European Enterprise Institute is an independent non-party affiliated think tank. The EEI provides a platform for an opinionated policy debate on issues that affect European competitiveness and conditions for economic growth. The EEI does not take an institutional opinion on individual issues./span>/font>/i>i>font faceArial>span langEN-GB stylefont-style: italic; font-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>/i>/p>/div>a nameN115 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Tamed Capitalism- new EEI e-Opinion/h2>p styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>July 18th, 2006br>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>br>In this new EEI E-Opinion piece span stylefont-style: italic;>Tamed capitalism- competing on social responsibility/span> Pablo Nieto, researcher andjournalist for the CSR Commission of the Spanish Accounting and BusinessAdministration Association, provides a candid analysis of the future ofCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Nieto reflects on the long term impactof CSR over the relations between enterprises, consumers and the government.The subject has gained new attention after the recent European CommissionCommunication on Corporate Social Responsibility which emphasises the role ofCSR as an important part of the revised Lisbon Strategy. The arguments putforward by Nieto lead him to the conclusion that CSR could become a way to keepEuropean social values while, at the same time, boosting businessfreedom and free market relations. To access his arguments please follow thisa href/public/docs/CSR20Opinion1.pdf relnofollow>link/a>. /font>/p>p stylefont-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>p> /p>br>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>Note /font>/p>p stylefont-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size1>The European Enterprise Institute is an independentnon-party affiliated think tank. The EEI provides a platform for an opinionatedpolicy debate on issues that affect European competitiveness and conditions foreconomic growth. The EEI does not take an institutional opinion on individualissues./font>/p>p stylefont-style: italic; classMsoNormal>font size2>p> /p>/font>/p>/div>a nameN125 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI Summer Board Meeting/h2>Strasbourg, 3th July 2006br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/public/images/archive/06.07.03_1_s.jpg>The EEI Summer Board Meeting took place in Strasbourg in the open restaurant on the river. Karin Riis-Jorgensen MEP, Peter Jungen, Gunnar Hökmark MEP, Jerzy Samborski were joined by Marcus Stober, Policy Director. The agenda of the meeting included the programme for the Autumn 2006 and the budget. The certain number of events and topics for publishing EEI policy papers were discussed and adopted.br>/div>br>br>/div>a nameN114 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>3rd European Resource Bank Meeting in Vienna/h2>Vienna, 30th June - 1st July 2006br>br>div styletext-align: justify;>img alignleft src/items/gallery/images/06_07_01_1s.jpg>The very succesful event - the 3rd European Resource Bank Meeting, held in Vienna on 30th June - 1st July 2006 and organized by Hayek Institute enjoyed the participation of almost 400 representatives of the think tanks and foundations from presence and key speech of the former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanjahu. EEIs Board members, Peter Jungen and Jerzy Samborski met the host of the conference, Secretary General of Hayek Institute.br>/div>p styletext-align: justify;>/p>p stylebackground: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>Chris Horner on Polish radio/p>p stylebackground: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>EEIs expert, Chris Horner appeared live on June 27sup>th/sup> as a guest at Polish radio station span stylefont-style: italic;>Niepokalonow Radio for a discussion on energy dependence and the need for reforms of EUs energy policy. /span>/p>p>/p>/div>a nameN113 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI delegation received by Polish ministers/h2>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;>On June 26sup>th/sup> a delegation from theEEI consisting of EEI President Peter Jungen, Executive Director and BoardMember Jerzy Samborski and Director of External Relations Christopher Horner,had a meeting with the new Polish Minister of Financespan> /span>Mr. Pawel Wojciechowski (first his day in theoffice and first ever visitors) and Defence Minister Mr. Radek Sikorski. Atthese separate meetings the new EEI work program was discussed and ways forwardfor a closer policy dialogue between European capitals and place w:ston>city w:ston>Brussels/city>/place>. Both ministers applauded this effortunderlining the need for increased European debate in country-region w:ston>place w:ston>Poland/place>/country-region>.p>/p>/span>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>span stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;>p>Note: span stylefont-style: italic;>The European Enterprise Institute will asthe first /span>city stylefont-style: italic; w:ston>Brussels/city>span stylefont-style: italic;> based think tank organise aseries of policy events in /span>city stylefont-style: italic; w:ston>Warsaw/city>span stylefont-style: italic;> with theexplicit aim to bringing the /span>place stylefont-style: italic; w:ston>city w:ston>Brussels/city>/place>span stylefont-style: italic;>debate to Polish policymakers./span>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN112 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Successful EEI event in Warsaw/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>span stylefont-family: Arial;>Warsaw, 26th June 2006br>br>OnJune 26sup>th/sup> the European Enterprise Institute organised a Black Coffeemeeting in city u1:ston>city w:ston>Warsaw/city>/city>country-region u1:ston>place u1:ston>country-region w:ston>place w:ston>Poland/place>/country-region>/place>/country-region>.The event Perspectives on EU Energy dependence- with a special view from place u1:ston>city u1:ston>place w:ston>city w:ston>Washington/city>/place>state u1:ston>state w:ston>DC/state>/state>/city>/place> featured some leading experts on the issue of energy security and EUs climate ambitions. br>/span>span stylefont-family: Arial;>img src/public/images/archive/06_06_26_1_s.jpg>/span>br>span stylefont-family: Arial;>Theevent was well attended and gathered policy folks from media, academics,politics and business for an informal policy discussion. Present were amongst others, the Estonian Ambassador HE Ants Frosh, Senator Marek Rocki, former Polish Ambassador to Russia Stanislaw Ciosek and many representatives from Polish Ministries and Embassies in Warsaw. To access one of thepresentations of the event please see a href/public/docs/Warsaw20June202006_website.pdf relnofollow>here/a>.br>br>a href/public/images/archive/06_06_26.html target_blank relnofollow>b>More photos.../b>/a>p>p>/p>/p>/span>/div>p> /p>p stylebackground: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: justify; line-height: 18pt; classMsoNormal>font size1>i>u>span stylefont-family: Arial;>p>About the EEI/p>/span>/u>/i>span stylefont-family: Arial;>p>p>/p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p stylebackground: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: justify; line-height: 18pt; classMsoNormal>font size1>span stylefont-family: Arial;>i>The European Enterprise Instituteis a non-party affiliated think tank based in city w:ston>place w:ston>city u1:ston>place u1:ston>Brussels/place>/city>/place>/city>.The EEI brings together leading policy experts, providing analysis and opinionon issues of competitiveness of the European Union. The EEI is organisingevents in city w:ston>city u1:ston>Brussels/city>/city>and at a place w:ston>placename w:ston>place u1:ston>placename u1:ston>Members/placename>/place>placetype u1:ston>placetype w:ston>State/placetype>/placetype>/placename>/place> level./i>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>font size1>p>p>/p>/p>/font>/div>a nameN111 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>European Enterprise Institute (EEI) launches new event concept in Warsaw/h2>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>Brussels, date year2006 day19 month6>span langEN-GB>19th June 2006/span>/date>br>date year2006 day19 month6>span langEN-GB>/span>/date>br>date year2006 day19 month6>span langEN-GB>/span>/date>As a part of its strategy to expand its activities to Member State level the EEI is launching its very sucessful Black Coffee meeting concept in Warsaw, Poland. The BlackCoffee events are topical, short and offer candid possibilities for an informalexchange of views between its participants. For reasons of access the BlackCoffee events are restricted to a small but high quality audience./font>/div>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> /div>p styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-GB>The GreenPaper on Energy and Spring cut-outs of natural gas by /span>country-region>place>span langEN-GB>Russia/span>/place>/country-region>span langEN-GB> made the Energy a hot issue in /span>place>span langEN-GB>Europe/span>/place>span langEN-GB> - but equally pertinent for /span>country-region>place>span langEN-GB>USA/span>/place>/country-region>span langEN-GB> and for other regions. At thisinaugural meeting titled span stylefont-weight: bold;>Perspectives on EU Energy dependence- With a special view from Washington/span> the leading US Energy Expert, /span>personname>span langEN-GB>Chris Horner/span>/personname>span langEN-GB>, will be a key speaker. br>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-GB>The meetingorganized - first time in /span>city>place>span langEN-GB>Warsaw/span>/place>/city>span langEN-GB> - will take place on /span>date year2006 day26 month6>span langEN-GB>Monday 26th June 2006/span>/date>, time minute0 hour10>span langEN-GB>10.00am - 12.00pm/span>/time>span langEN-GB> at Warsaw Sheraton Hotel. Mr. Hornerwill be joined by, /span>personname>span langEN-GB>Peter Jungen/span>/personname>span langEN-GB>, President of EEI for an exchange of views with the elite of Polishpoliticians, industry representatives, academia, diplomatic staff. br>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-GB>For moreinformation about this event and future meetings please contact EEI Executive Director at +32 (0)2 289 64 20./span>span langDE>a hrefmailto:mstober@european-enterprise.org relnofollow>span langEN-GB>/span>/a>/span>span langEN-GB>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>p>font size1>span stylefont-style: italic;>br>span styletext-decoration: underline;>About the EEI/span>/span>p stylefont-style: italic;>/p>/font>/p>/font>/div>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> /div>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>font size1 stylefont-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>p>TheEuropean Enterprise Institute is a non-party affiliated think tank based in /p>city>place>span langEN-GB>Brussels/span>/place>/city>. The EEI brings together leadingpolicy experts, providing analysis and opinion on issues of competitiveness ofthe European Union. The EEI is organising events in city>place>span langEN-GB>Brussels/span>/place>/city> and at a place>placename>span langEN-GB>Members/span>/placename>span langEN-GB> /span>placetype>span langEN-GB>State/span>/placetype>/place>/font>span langEN-GB>font size1 stylefont-style: italic; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> level./font>p>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN110 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Reforming EU Antitrust Policy/h2>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>May 22nd, 2006br>br>/span>/font>div styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-US stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>Many economistshave pointed out the necessity of a closer focus on consumer welfare in theimplementation of competition policy. This is especially true in the case asregards abuse of dominance in competitive markets. In his paperspan> /span>i>Competition Policy: Toward a new approach/i>, Federico Etro who heads the Intertic think tank, explains how anti-trustlegislations needs to be revised as to allow innovative firms to compete in dynamicmarkets. To access his arguments please see a href/public/docs/Etro20Policy20Note1.pdf relnofollow>here/a>a href/public/docs/Etro20Policy20Note1.pdf relnofollow>./a>/font>br>br>/span>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US>font size1 styletext-decoration: underline;>Note/font> p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span langEN-US>p>font size1>span stylefont-style: italic;>The European Enterprise Institute is an independent non-party affiliated think tank. The EEI provides a platform for an opinionated policy debate on issues that affect European competitiveness and conditions for economic growth. The EEI does not take an institutional opinion on individual issues./span>/font>/p>/span>/font>span langEN-US>/span>/p>/div>/div>a nameN109 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Bad Credit History-new EEI paper/h2>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>May 18th, 2006/span>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>/font>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US>Greenhouse gas allocation and emissionfigures released in late April and up through mid-May by /span>place>placename>span langEN-US>European/span>/placename>span langEN-US> /span>placename>span langEN-US>Member/span>/placename>span langEN-US> /span>placetype>span langEN-US>States/span>/placetype>/place>/font>span langEN-US>font size2> and theCommission resulted in a collapse in the European carbon credit market.Significant over-supply of allocated credits sent the flagship of EUenvironmental policies, the European Trading System, into turmoil. But are theproper lessons being drawn from this chaos, and why should we expect to see itrepeated in the future? In this EEI policy note Chris Horner, director of external relations at the EEI, explains the reasons for this dramatic turn ofevents. Horner foresees further market instability as prices tends to reflect administrative actions rather than market incentives. To access hisarguments please follow this a href/public/docs/Policy20Note.pdf relnofollow>link/a>./font>p>/p>/span>/p>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>span langEN-US>p>br>/p>/span>/p>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US>font size1 styletext-decoration: underline;>Note/font> p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US>p>font size1>span stylefont-style: italic;>The European Enterprise Institute is anindependent non-party affiliated think tank. The EEI provides a platform for anopinionated policy debate on issues that affect European competitiveness andconditions for economic growth. The EEI does not take an institutional opinionon individual issues./span>p stylefont-style: italic;>/p>/font>/p>/span>/font>/p>br>/div>a nameN108 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Geopolitics of Energy Security/h2>Brussels, 10th May 2006br>br>img src/public/images/archive/06_05_10_1_s.jpg>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span langEN-US>On May 10thformer Russian PM b>Mikhail Kasyanov/b> joined an EEI panel together with b>ErikBerglöf/b> Chief economist at the European Bank of Reconstruction andDevelopment and b>Christian Cleutinx/b> Director at the DG TREN at the EuropeanCommission to discuss the Geopolitics of Energy Security with a special view tothe EU-Russia dialogue. For an EEI summary of the event please follow thisa href/public/docs/Kasyanov20EEI_event20report2.pdf relnofollow>link/a>a href/public/docs/Kasyanov20EEI_event20report2.pdf relnofollow>./a>br>p>/p>/span>/font>/div>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US>br>Please click on names to access a href/public/docs/Kasyanov.pdf relnofollow>Kasyanov/a>, a href/public/docs/050920EEI20EU20RussiaBrussels20revised.pdf relnofollow>Berglöf/a> anda href/public/docs/speech20061005.pdf relnofollow>Cleutinx/a> presentations./span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>/span>/font>br>a href/public/images/archive/06_05_10.html target_blank relnofollow>b>More photos.../b>/a>font size2>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/font>br>/p>font size1>u>span langEN-US>Note p>/p>/span>/u>/font>br>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-US>font size1>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) isa Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promoteentrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have anyinstitutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policydialogue between stakeholders./span>/font>/span>/p>/div>a nameN107 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Former Russian PM to address EEI audience/h2>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span langEN-US>The EuropeanEnterprise Institute is proud to announce that its next conference, which willbe held on May 10sup>th/sup> in /span>city>place>span langEN-US>Brussels/span>/place>/city>span langEN-US>, will address the EU-Russian relation providing insights into thevery topical issue of security of supply. The discussion will address theever-growing dependence of the European Union on Russian gas supplies and itspolicy implications. /span>/font>/p>br>br>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span langEN-US>p>In order providesome perspectives into this debate former Russian Prime Minister span stylefont-weight: bold;>MikhailKasyanov/span> has kindly agreed to provide his ideas on this very important strategic partnership.For more information about this event or for access please contact a hrefmailto:info@european-enterprise.org relnofollow>EEI/a>./p>/span>/font>/p>br>/div>a nameN106 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New EEI Executive Director/h2>font size2>city stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>place>span langEN-US>Brussels/span>/place>/city>span langEN-US stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> /span>date year2006 day15 month5 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span langEN-US>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>May 15th, 2006/span>br>/span>/date>/font>span langEN-US stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>p>/p>/span>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>div styletext-align: justify;>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span langEN-US>p>The seminar on the Geopolitics of EnergySecurity span> /span>(a href/public/docs/Kasyanov20EEI_event20report1.pdf relnofollow>Event Report/a>) organised by theEuropean Enterprise Institute together with Mr. Ari Vatanen MEP on May 10th wasthe first event after EEIÂ’s new work plan was established under the managementof the new Executive Director Mr. Jerzy Samborski. Mr. Samborski a well knownPolish entrepreneur and vice-President of the SME-Union of the EPP have takenover the role as Executive Director from Mr. /p>/span>personname>span langEN-US>Jacob Lund Nielsen/span>/personname>span langEN-US> who hasleft the EEI to work for Cabinet DN as a full-time partner. Mr. Samborski is a founding member ofthe European Enterprise Institute (a href/public/docs/Press20Release20send_out20May2015.pdf relnofollow>more/a>).p>/p>/span>/font>/div>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>br>/span>/font>/p>/div>a nameN105 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New EEI e-opinion: Parliament opens up a brighter future for services/h2>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>font size2>date year2006 day3 month3>span langEN-US>March 2nd, 2006/span>/date>span langEN-US>br>/span>/font>font size2>br>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>On date year2006 day16 month2>span langEN-US>February 16th, 2006/span>/date> the European Parliament was able toconclude its first reading of the bitterly disputed piece of legislation toopen-up place>span langEN-US>Europe/span>/place>Â’s service markets. The Services Directive has arguably caused oneof the most bitter pan-European political fights in place>span langEN-US>Europe/span>/place> during last few years. In anew span stylefont-style: italic;>e-opinion/span> published today with the European Enterprise Institute Jonatan Henrikssonargues that, in spite of its limitations in scope and depth of reforms compared to the original proposal, theParliaments compromise will allow the European economy to benefit from better and freertrade in services. He concludes that this compromise presentsthe most realistic way forward for the EUplace>span langEN-US>/span>/place>span langEN-US> as it advances towards a real common market in services.br>br>p>/p>/span>/font>/div>p classMsoNormal stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span langEN-US>To read Jonatan Henrikssons arguments please followthis a href/public/docs/E_opinion20jonathan20March203.pdf relnofollow>link/a>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>font size1>i>u>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>font size1>Note/font>p>/p>/span>/u>/i>/font>/font>p styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; classMsoNormal>i>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>p>font size1>The EuropeanEnterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tankaiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does nothave any institutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages apolicy dialogue between stakeholders./font>/p>/span>/i>/p>/div>a nameN104 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Hökmark on the European Institute of Technology/h2>p classMsoPlainText styletext-align: justify;>font size2>date year2006 day28 month2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>February 28th, 2006/span>/date>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p classMsoPlainText styletext-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>EEI co-President and Memberof the European Parliament Gunnar Hökmark commented yesterday in a letter to FTthe latest initiative by Commission Barroso on creating a European Institute ofTechnology. In his letter i>The EIT is not a bad idea, but it is not goodenough/i>, Hökmark said that the “..main problem of European research andscience is the lack of funding rather than the lack of institutions.” In thesame letter he also stated his intention to boost EU research by proposing anew key voucher that follows researchers when they chose to go to an instituteor faculty in another member state to study and to pursue research.p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p classMsoPlainText styletext-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>To access Gunnar HökmarkÂ’sarguments please follow this a hrefhttp://news.ft.com/cms/s/15c85f00-a735-11da-b12c-0000779e2340.html relnofollow>link/a>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p classMsoPlainText>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>Notep>/p>/span>/i>/p>p classMsoPlainText>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>p>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is aBrussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promoteentrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have anyinstitutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policydialogue between stakeholders.p>/p>/p>/span>/i>/p>/div>a nameN103 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New office /h2>div styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>As of February 2sup>nd/sup> 2006 the European EnterpriseInstitute has taken-up new office space in the European quarters of /span>city>place>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Brussels/span>/place>/city>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>.With this move new contact details applies:br>br>p>/p>/span>/div>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>p>European Enterprise Institutep> /p>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>span langFR stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>RueBelliard 15-17p> /p>/span>/span>br>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>1040,/span>Brusselsbr>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>span langFR stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Tel:+32(0)2 289 6420/span>br>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Fax:+32(0)2 502 0441p> /p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>info@european-enterprise.orgbr>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>We look forward to meeting you there!br>/span>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>EEI-teambr>/span>/p>/span>/span>/span>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN102 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Two new releases; European Enterprise Journal and Reding on .eu/h2>p classMsoNormal>font size1>date month12 day14 year2005>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>December 15th, 2005/span>/date>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size1>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Today, theEuropean Enterprise Institute releases a third edition of its policy journalthe b>European /b>/span>city>place>b>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Enterprise/span>/b>/place>/city>b>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>journal (EEJ)/span>/b>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>. This edition features articles fromdistinguished authors such as Dr Alfred Finz, State Secretary for the Ministryof Finance in /span>country-region>place>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Austria/span>/place>/country-region>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>and many other prominent writers. In this issue you will find reflections ontopic ranging from the services, trade on to corporate social responsibility.The journal is available for free in an electronic version by following a href/public/docs/EEIjournalnr3.pdf relnofollow>this link/a>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classdefault0>font size1>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>p>In addition to this the EEI is proud to today present a new span stylefont-weight: bold;>e-opinion/span>. In her article the EU Commissioner for /p>/span>personname>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Info/span>/personname>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>rmationSociety Viviane Reding takes a closer look at the most recent effort to positionthe EU into the cyberspace.span> /span>The newdomain name b>.eu/b> aims amongst other things to give i>“businesses avisible European identity and extend{s} their marketing reach to more of /i>/span>place>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Europe/span>/i>/place>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Â’s450 million citizens” /span>/i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>while clearly also enhancing theEUÂ’s own visibility on the net. To read her full Opinion on this issue pleasea href/public/docs/Reding.pdf relnofollow>click here/a>./span>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>u>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>Note/span>/u>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is aBrussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promoteentrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have anyinstitutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policydialogue between stakeholders./span>/i>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN99 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New event report available online/h2>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>On /span>date month10 day12 year2005>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>October 12sup>th/sup>, 2005/span>/date>/font>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>font size2> the EuropeanEnterprise Institute hosted a span stylefont-weight: bold; font-style: italic;>Black Coffee meeting/span> with Professor AndrĂ© Sapir fromthe Bruegel think tank on the European Social Model. Now it is possible to reada small summary of this event by following this a href/public/docs/Post_Event20Summary_ESM1.pdf relnofollow>link/a>./font>p>/p>/span>/p>/div>a nameN98 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Liberalizing European defence markets/h2>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>span stylefont-style: italic;>November 3rd, 2005/span>br>br>Europeandefence markets are fragmented into 25 different entities in which few commonrules are applied and national interest prevails over economic rationales. TheEuropean Commission is set to tackle this problem and in a Green Paper on theinterpretation of art 296 published earlier on this year, an EU approach isdiscussed. In his article published today at a hrefhttp://www.techcentralstation.be/110305A.html relnofollow>TechCentral Station/a>Marcus Stober commented that “..only real competition among industry playersand an aggressive application of common procurement rules.. will provide realvalue for money for European taxpayers..”p>/p>/span>span langEN-US>p>/p>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;>font size1>span styletext-decoration: underline;>Note/span>br>/font>/div>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>font size1>u>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>p>p>/p>/p>/span>/u>i>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>/span>/i>i>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is aBrussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promoteentrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have anyinstitutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policydialogue between stakeholders./span>/i>/font>/p>/div>a nameN97 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New EEI policy paper: Is regulation key to happiness?/h2>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Today on October 21st, 2005 the EEI published its sixth Policy Paper in kind cooperation with a hrefhttp://www.cepos.dk/cms/ relnofollow>CEPOS/a> think tank in Denmark. span stylefont-style: italic;>/span>CitizensÂ’ satisfaction with life, or in a more generalterm, their ‘happinessÂ’, has rapidly become one of the more influentialparameters for measuring the success or failure of government policy andeconomic governance. It is often suggested that the average happiness of apopulation offers a better guideline for welfare-related policies than doesmeasures of economic interventionism or the share of public transfers./span>/p>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>In his papera href/public/docs/Policy20Paper20VI.pdf relnofollow>Life satisfaction: is there a role for policy?/a> Christian BjĹ™rnskov from the AarhusSchool of Business in /span>country-region>place>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>Denmark/span>/place>/country-region>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;> examineswhy the populations of some countries are more satisfied than others. Theauthor formulates the hypothesisspan>whether government policy can affect the average subjective life satisfactionof the population. /span>Based on cross-countrycomparisons, it is concluded that four types of policy are associated with lifesatisfaction:/span>/p>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>1) growth-conducive policies in poor countries; 2) trade policy that furthers participation inglobalization; 3) policies that affect the business climate; and 4) policies that limit governments share of totalincome. p>Factors popularly associated with overall happinesssuch as democracy, redistribution or other public welfare interestingly receiveno statistical support. /p>/span>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>/span>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>For comments or contact toauthor please contact EEI a hrefmailto:mstober@european-enterprise.org relnofollow>Director of Policy/a>br>/span>/p>div styletext-align: justify;>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>u>Note/u>/font>br>/div>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>i>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-partyaffiliated think tank aiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EU policycommunity. The EEI does not have any institutional opinion on individual issuesbut actively encourages a policy dialogue between stakeholders./i>/font>/span>/font>/p>/div>a nameN96 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI releases new report/h2>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span stylefont-style: italic;>October 20th, 2005/span>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>br>Today, The European Enterprise Institute (EEI)published the fifth report in its Policy Paper series. The policy paper a href/public/docs/policy_paper.pdf relnofollow>i>EU-Kyoto:the gamblers dilemma /i>/a>is authored by EEI expertChristopher C. Horner and was presented at a pre-release event at the EuropeanParliament earlier on this week. p>br>/p>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>At the event Mr. Horner said “i>If the EU wants tobe serious about its climate ambitions a new approach – a plan B- needs to be accepted../i>.i>The /i>country-region>place>i>Laos/i>/place>/country-region>i> agreement signed by some of the worldsmajor CO2 emitters earlier this year, offers such an alternative approach/i>” Horner continued.p>br>/p>br>In his report Horner explores issues such as the EUÂ’sshifting 1990 baselines, burden sharing violations and their penalties, theshortage of GHG credits and provides a candid analysis over the shift inEU rhetoric after the Gleaneagles summit.span> /span>p>In the report the question of penalties for non-compliance is explored in detail,posing the possibility of a “stability pact” scenario ignoring the Marrakechagreement which mandates disallowance of the emissions trading system (ETS). /p>/font>font size2>p>/p>/font>font size2>br>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> /p>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Commenting the report /span>personname>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Gunnar Hökmark/span>/personname>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;> EEI co-chair saidthat “The need to control the emissions of greenhouse gases makes itimportant that the international society lives up to its ambitions and not onlytalk about them. If the EUÂ’s ambitious climate ambitions should be takenseriously and be successful, its targets and policies must be effective... Thislatest report challenges that assumption and provides therefore a wake-upcall to policymakers who are serious about EUÂ’s environmental leadership..” /span>For more information pleasecontact EEI a hrefmailto:mstober@european-enterprise.org relnofollow>Director of Policy/a>.br>/font>/p>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span stylefont-style: italic;>/span>p>/p>/font>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>u>br>Note/u>br>/font>p classMsoNormal styletext-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>i>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-partyaffiliated think tank aiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EU policycommunity. The EEI does not have any institutional opinion on individual issuesbut actively encourages a policy dialogue between stakeholders./i>/font>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>/div>a nameN91 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI expert published in Financial Times/h2> div styletext-align: justify; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>In a FT letter on August 31st Christopher C. Horner, Director of External Affairs, provided a reply to the FT article (US takes a piecemeal approach to Kyoto) published on August 26th. In his letter span stylefont-weight: bold; font-style: italic;>US rejection of Kyoto at heart of statesÂ’ climate pact/span>, Mr. Horner argued that a US states sponsored climate pact bears no or little resemblance to the Kyoto protocol, as argued in the FT article. To see his arguments please follow this a hrefhttp://news.ft.com/cms/s/de94c75a-19bb-11da-804e-00000e2511c8.html relnofollow>link/a>br>/font>/div>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> br>/font>div styletext-align: justify;>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span styletext-decoration: underline;>Note/span>/font>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>br>/font>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;> /font>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>br>/font>font size1 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: italic;>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have any institutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policy dialogue between stakeholders./font>/div>/div>a nameN95 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Broken promises, hot air/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Mr. /span>personname>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Chris Horner/span>/personname>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Â’s op-ed span classtwt-title1-body>i>Broken promises, hot air /i>provides a commentary tothis weeks negotiations in /span>/span>city>place>span classtwt-title1-body>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Bonn/span>/span>/place>/city>span classtwt-title1-body>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;> regarding thefuture of /span>/span>city>place>span classtwt-title1-body>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Kyoto/span>/span>/place>/city>span classtwt-title1-body>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>. In his article on /span>/span>date month5 day16 year2005>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>May 16th 2005/span>/date>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>, Mr. Horner argues that the EU projects failure tolive up to its own climate commitments and therefore should accept are-thinking of the strategy of demanding absolute capsspan classtwt-title1-body>. /span>/span>span classtwt-title1-body>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>To read hisarguments please follow this a hrefhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050515-094252-1586r.htm relnofollow>link/a>/span>/span>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>/span>/font>br>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>/span>/font>/div>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>br>Published: /span>date month5 day17 year2005>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>17-05-2005br>br>/span>/date>/font>font size2>font size1>u>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>font stylefont-style: italic;>Note br>/font>/span>/u>/font>font size1 stylefont-style: italic;>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>/font>div styletext-align: left; font-style: italic;> /div>font size1>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>font stylefont-style: italic;>The European EnterpriseInstitute is a Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promoteentrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have anyinstitutional position on individual issues but activly encourages an opinionated dialogue./font>/span>/font>/div>a nameN85 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>The End of Unlimited Working Time - The beginning of Social Europe?/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>div styletext-align: justify;>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>With the No votes in France and in the Netherlands overshadowing the /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>political debate, EU ministers gathers today in Luxembourg to discuss the /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>future of the EU Working Time directive. This disputed piece of /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>legislation has become a point of division between the proponents of a /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>more social Europe and the supporters of keeping the nation state to /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>legislate on matters of social competence./span>/font>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>/div>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>In his Opinion paper Jonathan Henriksson argues that this debate marks the /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>“span stylefont-style: italic;>starting point for a political battle concerning “economic” contra /span>/span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span stylefont-style: italic;>“social” Europe/span> span stylefont-style: italic;>and In this case, the outcome of the negotiations on the /span>/span>/font>font size2 stylefont-style: italic;>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>working time Directive could be a first indicator of the vision likely /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span stylefont-style: italic;>to finally prevail./span>” /span>/font>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>To access his arguments please downloada href/public/docs/Working20time20Directive1.pdf relnofollow> /a>a href/public/docs/Working20time20Directive1.pdf relnofollow>here./a>/span>/font>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>br stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>font size2>span stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>Published: May 2nd, 2005br>br>/span>/font>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size1>span stylefont-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;>Notebr>br>/span>span stylefont-style: italic;>TheEuropean Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-partyaffiliated think tank aiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EUpolicy community. The EEI does not have any institutional opinion onindividual issues but actively encourages a policy dialogue betweenstakeholders./span>/font>/p>/div>/div>a nameN84 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>European biotech industry threatened by proposed UN regulatory system/h2>div styletext-align: justify;>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;>br>p>/p>/span>font size2 stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>In this newEEI Policy Paper Mr. Alan Oxley - who is former Australian Ambassador to GATTand Chairman- argues that EU competitiveness could be threatened by acurrently discussed new UN regulatory system for genetic resources.br>br>p>/p>/span>/font>/div>p classMsoNormal stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;>font size2>u>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>Backgroundto the issue/span>/u>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>p>On June 6-10,international diplomats and policy experts, including EU representatives, willgather in /p>/span>city>place>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>Geneva/span>/place>/city>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>for a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). One ofthe issues to be discussed at the meeting is the creation of a new patent-basedinternational regime to govern access- and benefit-sharing (ABS) of geneticresources.p>/p>/span>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>span>/span>Undercurrent international law, governed by the World Intellectual PropertyOrganization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), biotech companiesare free to make contracts with individual countries, obtaining the right toextract genetic resources in biodiverse areas and to use these resources intheir product development. The proposed ABS regime would according to the EEIpolicy paper limit the freedom to make contracts by making it more difficult toobtain patents and by imposing obligations on biotech companies to share theirfuture profits. p>/p>/span>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p classMsoNormal stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>p>The presentpaper provides further background on this important issue and argues that acontract-based system is a better way to protect the worldÂ’s environment andbiodiversity than the proposed patent-based ABS regime.p>/p>/p>/span>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>To access arguments please download a href/public/docs/Genetic20Resources6.pdf relnofollow>here/a>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>div styletext-align: justify;> /div>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>Published: /span>date month5 day19 year2005>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt;>May 31st, 2005span stylefont-style: italic;>br>/span>/span>/date>/font>/p>p stylefont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size1>span stylefont-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;>Notebr>br>/span>span stylefont-style: italic;>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have any institutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policy dialogue between stakeholders./span>/font>/p>font size2>/font>/div>a nameN80 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>What If France Says No/h2>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>- New Opinion onlinebr>br>/span> /p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>/span> /p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>In this latest Opinion, Johannes Jarlebring, expert on the European Constitutional Treaty, argues that a French no to the Constitution on May 29 would not result in an immediate search for a Plan B.”i> Rather, most Member States would go on as planned with their ratifications, while a few key parties would act strategically in order to maximise their benefits”, /i>he argues. /span>/p>p alignjustify>/p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>/span>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Should /span>country-region>place>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>France/span>/place>/country-region>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;> reject the treaty, this would put the /span>country-region>place>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>U.K./span>/place>/country-region>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;> in a position to decide on the future of the EU “… ifi> the French say no, crucial decisions will be made by Tony Blair and the British citizens sometime next spring/i>...” sayÂ’s Mr Jarlebring. /span>/p>p alignjustify> /p>p alignjustify>/p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>/span>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>To access his arguments please follow this a href/public/docs/If20France.pdf relnofollow>link/a>br>Published: 27-04-2005 br>/span>/p>p alignjustify> /p>p>/p>/div>a nameN73 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Why Europe needs a workable solution to Software Patents/h2>p classMsoPlainText styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify alignjustify>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>- New EEI Opinion Paper available online /font>/span>/p>p alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>/font>/p>p classMsoPlainText styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify alignjustify>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>Few pieces of legislation have been as disputed as the proposal for span langEN-GB styleCOLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions/span> –or better known- as the Software Patent Directive. In this Opinion Mr. Fredrik Egrelius, a patent lawyer with Scania, outlines his views of why a software patent directive is important for European enterprises far beyond the software industry. /font>/span>/p>p alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>/font>/p>p alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>/font>/p>p classMsoPlainText styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify alignjustify>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>strong>em>In a market where inventions cannot be protected in order to yield a return on the invested resources, very few would be prepared to make those investments available/em>/strong>, claims Egrelius in his Opinion./font>/span>/p>p alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>/font>/p>p classMsoPlainText styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify alignjustify>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>To access his arguments please download the EEI Opinion Paper /font>a href/public/docs/Software20Patents1.pdf relnofollow>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>here/font>/a>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>./font>/span>/p>p classMsoPlainText styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify alignjustify>span langEN-GB styleFONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>/p>/div>a nameN63 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Director of Policy published at TechCentral Station Europe/h2>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>font size2>“ i>If the EU is serious about becoming the worlds most competitive economy by 2010 - and despite all the evidence, we must still believe it is - it must unleash the innovative capacity of the European economy/i>” says Stober in his article span> /span>b>i>From Inventions to Innovation/i>/b> which appeared at TechCentral Station Europe on 7th of April 2005. /font>/font>/span>/p>p>/p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB>/span>span langEN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>font size2>For article please follow thisa hrefhttp://www.techcentralstation.be/0407051.html relnofollow> link. /a>/font>/font>/span>/p>p>/p>p>/p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;>span langEN-GB>/span>font size1 stylefont-style: italic;>u>span langEN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>Notebr>font size1>br>/font> /font>/span>/u>/font>/p>p alignjustify classMsoNormal stylemargin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; font-style: italic;>font size1>u>span langEN-GB>/span>/u>/font>/p>p alignjustify classMsoBodyText stylemargin: 0cm 1.5pt 0pt 0cm; font-style: italic;>font size1>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;>/span>/font>/p>p alignjustify classMsoBodyText stylemargin: 0cm 1.5pt 0pt 0cm; font-style: italic;>font size1>span langEN-US stylefont-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>font size1>The European Enterprise Institute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming to promote entrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have any institutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policy dialogue between stakeholders/font>. /font>/span>/font>/p>p>/p>p>span styletext-decoration: none;>font size2 facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>/font>/span>/p>/div>a nameN55 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New Opinion paper online/h2>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>TAX POLICY AS THOUGH PEOPLE REALLY MATTERED /font>/p>p alignjustify>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif> /font>/p>p alignjustify>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>In this Opinion two economists Kurt Wickman from Gefle University and Christopher Lingle from the University of Francisco MarroquĂn in Guatemala, provides  new perspectives on the debate regarding transparency and accountability in democratic tax systems. /font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font faceArial>/font> /p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font faceArial>/font> /p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>Modern systems are to a wide degree characterised by short-sighted decisions governed by special interests. This should according to the authors provide compelling arguments in favour of increased oversight on how tax payers money is being spent. /font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font faceArial>/font> /p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font faceArial>/font> /p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>For access to their arguments please download paper a href/public/docs/Wickman20and20Lingle.pdf relnofollow>here/a> /font>/p>p alignjustify>/p>p classMsoNormal styleMARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto alignjustify>span langEN-GB styleCOLOR: #660000; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB>/span>/p>p alignjustify>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif> /font>/p>/div>a nameN92 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>EEI Expert in FT/h2>font size2>span langEN-GB stylefont-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;>Higher Energy Tax is the Answerp>/p>/span>/font>p classMsoNormal>font size2>em>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>Horner Letterto the Financial Times/span>/em>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>br>!-- Volume here -->ByChristopher C. Horner/span>br>date month1 day23 year2004>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>January 23, 2004/span>/date>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>Sir, Your editorial Cutting carbon (January20) misstates the efficacy of carbon cap-and-trade schemes as the mostcost-effective way of reducing pollution.”/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>p>It is true that the economic impacts ofcap-and-trade programmes would be similar to those of a carbon tax: both wouldraise the cost of using carbon-based fossil fuels, lead to higher energy pricesand impose costs on users and some suppliers of energy (US CongressionalBudget Office, An Evaluation of Cap and Trade Programs for Reducing USGHG Emissions).span> /span>The FTs view thattrading schemes are more cost-effective than simply increasing energy taxes,however, is not widely accepted by those who have studied the issue.span> /span>Resources for the Future, the Americancentre-left think-tank, set forth precisely how and why cap-and-trade is farmore costly than simply an energy tax in its report Choosing Price orQuantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases.”span> /span>It concluded that the range of costs associated with thecap-and-trade . . . is almost four times higher than the highest cost outcomeunder the carbon tax.span> /span>Such amarket mechanism may be an efficient way to manage an emissionscap, but this is distinct from being the most cost-effective method of reducingemissions.p>br>/p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>This should make the policy calculation a simpleone.span> /span>Given that increasing the price ofenergy is among the most regressive regulatory/tax burdens, policymakers trulyconcerned about catastrophic anthropogenic global warming and alsoabout human standards of living, should advocate the approach less harmful toseniors and the poor and simply propose higher energy taxes.span> /span>Instead, however, policymakers tend topromote more complex, far more expensive approaches for appearance purposes,regardless of the ancillary costs of that decision.p>br>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>Demanding that policymakers address this realityhead-on should force an examination of existing doubts about climate alarmismand its prescriptions, separating the green poseurs from those who seriouslyaccept the doctrine they preach.span> /span>Thiscan only be a good thing for the debate.p>/p>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>Sincerely,/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal>font size2>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>Christopher C. Hornerbr>(Director of External Relationsbr>European Enterprise Institute)br>/span>/font>/p>p styletext-align: justify; classMsoNormal> /p>p styletext-align: justify; font-style: italic; classMsoNormal>font size1>u>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>Notep>/p>/span>/u>/font>/p>p classMsoNormal>font size2>font size1 stylefont-style: italic;>u>span langEN-GB stylefont-family: Arial;>p>span styletext-decoration: none;>/span>/p>/span>/u>/font>span langEN-US stylefont-family: Arial;>font size1 stylefont-style: italic;>The European EnterpriseInstitute (EEI) is a Brussels-based non-party affiliated think tank aiming topromote entrepreneurship in the EU policy community. The EEI does not have anyinstitutional opinion on individual issues but actively encourages a policydialogue between stakeholders./font>p>br>/p>/span>/font>/p>/div>a nameN27 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>European Enterprise Journal now available online/h2>font faceArial>h1>span langEN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif size4>The January 2005 edition of the European Enterprise Journal now available online/font>/span>/h1>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>The second issue of the European Enterprise Journal has/font> arrived on the web!/span>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB>In this edition focus is on two topics that are likely to stay at the forefront ofspan> /span>Brussels debate in for a long time to come: Lisbon and REACH.span> /span>We have asked writers to reconsider the Lisbon process, to think freely and suggest bold new ways to make the European economies the most competitive in the world by 2010. /span>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB>Other contributions deal in depth with REACH – the EU directive on chemicals, which may have yet unprecedented economic implications for European producers, retailers and consumers alike./span>/p>p>/p>p classMsoNormal>span langEN-GB>We are particularly grateful for the contribution by newly appointed Commission President JosĂ© Manuel Barroso, but also to a /span>span langEN-GB>long list of other distinguished contributors. DonÂ’t just take our word for it – a href/public/docs/EEI_journal_5.pdf relnofollow>you can download the European Enterprise Journal right here/a>/span>/p>/font>/div>a nameN22 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Karin Riis-JĹ™rgensen MEP joins the EEI Executive Board/h2>p alignleft>/p>p styleFONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif>strong>font size3>EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LIBERAL GROUP VICE-CHAIR JOINS THE EEI BOARD/font> /strong>/p>font styleFONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif faceArial>font styleFONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica,sans-serif size2>p>The Presidency of the European Enterprise Institute today invited Danish MEP Mrs. Karin Riis-JĹ™rgensen to become a Member of the EEI Executive Board with immediate effect./p>p>Since elected to the European Parliament in 1994 Mrs. Riis-JĹ™rgensen has served with distinction on the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee and holds the position of Vice-Chairwoman of the Liberal group since 2002./p>p>For more information please contact EEI Executive Director a hrefmailto:jnielsen@european-enterprise.org relnofollow>Jacob Lund Nielsen/a>br>or please see: a href/public/docs/EEIPressRelease.pdf relnofollow>Press Release/a> br>/p>/font>/font>/div>a nameN23 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>New Opinion Papers available online/h2>p>strong>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>The European Enterprise Institute is proud to present two new Opinions papers on its website./font>/strong>/p>p>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>In the first Opinion Paper of the new year, Dr. Margo Thorning of the International Council for Capital Formation, gives her views on the outcome of the COP10 meeting in Buenos Aires and argues that a new tide of public opinion is rising in the debate surrounding the Kyoto Protocol. /font>/p>p>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>For access: /font>a href/public/docs/OPNIONNoVII5B35D.pdf relnofollow>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>Climate Change Policy: the Tide of Public Opinion is turning/font>/a>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>. /font>/p>p>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>In the November Opinion Paper, now available online, the EEI Policy Director Marcus Stober explores the current debate on Obesity and an appropriate European approach to this growing problem./font>/p>p>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>For access: /font>a href/public/docs/OPNIONNoVI5B25D.pdf relnofollow>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>Information to consumers key in fighting Obesity/font>/a>font facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>  /font>/p>p>strong>/strong>/p>p>strong>/strong>/p>/div>a nameN21 relnofollow>/a>div classentry>h2>Your X-mas gift from the EEI: Santa just shipped our December Policy Paper !/h2>p>font size2 facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>JosĂ© PiĹ„era, President of the International Center for Pension Reform and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute asks: /font>/p>p>font size2 facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>em>Will the Pension Time Bomb sink the Euro?/em>/font>/p>p>font size2 facearial,helvetica,sans-serif>The population in Europe is aging and declining. A trend that could have been perfectly manageable with foresight could turn into a catastrophe given the increasing unfunded liabilities arising from pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) public pension programs. This situation is especially difficult in a continent where entitlements are deeply entrenched in a welfare state culture. 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