Speaker: Peter Heller, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Elena Flores, DG Ecfin, European Commission
Chair: Henri Bogaert, Commissioner, Belgian Federal Planning Bureau
Speakers: Erika Mann, MEP; James Elles, MEP; Hanns Glatz, Delegate of the Board of Management, Daimler-Chrysler; Thierry Berthoud, Vice-President, Alcan Inc.; Jim Cloos, Director, Directorate IV Transatlantic Relations, Council of the EU; Alexander Schaub, Director-General, DG Internal Market, European Commission;
Speakers: Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger, Jean Monnet Professor, University of Tilburg Miriam L. Campanella, University of Turin, Ministry of the Economy of Italy
Chair: David Kernohan, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS
Speakers: Peter Hobbing
Pekka Järviö Esq.
Valsamis Mitsilegas
Chair: Joanna Apap
Introduction:
Dr Apap commenced the seminar by referring to the six-fold task to be entrusted to the new External Borders Agency envisaged by the draft Council Regulation proposed by the European Commission on 11 November 2003:
Speaker: H.E. Radmila Šekerinska, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Šekerinska spoke today on the twin goals of integration--on the part of EU pre-accession states--and commitments--on the part of the EU--emphasising Macedonia’s intention to apply for EU accession ’soon’. She insisted that Macedonia’s commitment to reform is high, irrespective of the challenges.