On the occasion of the launch of their report «Rethinking Asset Management» ECMI-CEPS and the CFA Institute will host a debate in Paris on retail investor...
Politics and Institutions
11 February 2011 | by editor
Publications
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30 April 2012
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27 January 2012
20 December 2011
15 December 2011
28 November 2011
27 October 2011
Events
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Thursday, 7 June, 2012 - 12:00 - 14:30
- Mirzha de Manuel, ECMI-CEPS Researcher
- Edouard Vieillefond, Managing Director, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
- Bernadette Vergnaud, Vice-Chair Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament [tbc]
- Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, Chairman, Incipit and former President, EFAMA
- Graziella Marras, Director of Capital Markets Policy, CFA Institute
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Wednesday, 6 June, 2012 - 13:15 - 15:00
- Keynote Speech by Steven Maijoor, Chairman, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- Wolf Klinz, MEP and Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
- Donato Masciandaro, Chair in Economics of Financial Regulation, Bocconi University
- Fabrice Demarigny, Head of Capital Markets, Mazars, and former Secretary General, Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR)
- Tony Bromell, Head of Integrity &
- Markets, ICAEW
For more information on the event please visit: www.eurocapitalmarkets.org/independence
This event is organised with the support of ICAEW.
Participation in this meeting is a benefit...
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Tuesday, 5 June, 2012 - 12:00 - 14:30
- Diego Canga-Fano, Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Antonio Tajani
- Simon Henry, Chief Financial Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
This debate will explore regulatory pathways to realise the goal of EU competitiveness with specific reference to financial sector stability and the shift to a low carbon, competitive economy. A central policy challenge is to balance short term pressures with long term policy goals. How can...
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Tuesday, 5 June, 2012 - 09:30 - 16:00
- Gabriel Bernardino, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
- Francesco Mazzaferro, European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- Sven Giegold, MEP, and Shadow Rapporteur for Omnibus II
- Karel Van Hulle, European Commission
- See programme for full list of speakers
Second in a series of high-level roundtables organised by the CEPS Financial Institutions Unit on the future of financial regulation in Europe. These will gather researchers, industry experts, and key policy-makers to debate the future design and potential consequences of forthcoming financial...
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Monday, 4 June, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Tigran Sargsyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the EU has consistently worked to strengthen its ties with Armenia through various bilateral, regional and multilateral policies, such as the European Neighbourhood Policy, Black Sea Synergy and the Eastern Partnership. The recent launch of negotiations on...
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Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 - 11:00 - 17:30
- Sascha-Dominik Bachmann, University of Portsmouth
- Mary Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Jocelyn Mawdsley, Newcastle University
- Elena Peresso, Cabinet of Karel De Gucht, EU Trade Commissioner
- Patrick Simonnet, DG Development and Cooperation, European Commission
- Giovanni Faleg, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Benedetta Voltolini, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
- See programme for full list of speakers
A stakeholder workshop in cooperation with the School of Politics and International Relations and the “Integrating Global Society” Scheme of the University of Nottingham. Click here to see the programme.
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Thursday, 24 May, 2012 - 18:00 - 19:30
- David Mark, Senior Editor, Politico
David Mark is a senior editor at POLITICO, which he joined in October 2006. David is also author of “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning” (Rowman & Littlefield; 3rd edition, 2009), which has been widely adopted in political science courses and was featured on “The...
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Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 - 10:00 - 13:00
- Mike Hough, Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London
- Jonathan Jackson, Methodology Institute, London School of Economics
Participation in this meeting is free of charge. An informal lunch will be served from 13.00 onwards. For catering purposes, please register by sending an email to Mary Keane: m.keane@city.ac.uk
This seminar, the first of the European Social Survey...
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Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Anton Brender, Chief Economist, Dexia Asset Management, and Associate Professor, Paris-Dauphine University
- Florence Pisani, Economist, Dexia Asset Management
- Emile Gagna, Economist, Dexia Asset Management
Launch of a new CEPS Paperback.
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-members may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the event, from 12.30 onwards.
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Thursday, 10 May, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:45
- Christine Reh, University College London
- Una O'Dwyerm Senior Fellow, European Institute of Public Administration
- Lukas Obholzer, London School of Economics &
- Political Science
- Andrew Duff, MEP
Since their introduction in 1999, first-reading agreements under the EU’s codecision procedure have increased dramatically, from 28% in the 5th EP to 77% in the on-going legislative period. Early agreements have been praised for their efficiency and inter-institutional compromise; at the...
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Monday, 7 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Katja Yafimava, Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Launch of a book published by Oxford University Press. The first study to provide an in-depth analysis of market, legal/regulatory, and energy security aspects of the transit of Russian gas to Europe across western CIS countries – Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova – to Europe. The book analyses how...
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Friday, 4 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Andreas Barner, Chairman, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
- Reinhold Achatz, Head of Corporate Center, Innovation and Quality, ThyssenKrupp
- Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director, Volkswagen AG
- Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS
- Dominique Ristori, Director General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Hugues-Arnaud Mayer, President of the Innovation Committee and Executive Committee, Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF)
Lunchtime meeting organised by CEPS in cooperation with the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Presentation of the study ”Germany 2030 – Future perspectives for value creation”.
Click here to download the programme...
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Thursday, 3 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Mauro Petriccione, Director, DG TRADE, European Commission
- Catherine Dickson, Head of the Trade and Economic Policy Section, Mission of Canada to the EU
- Jason Langrish, Executive Director, Canada Europe Roundtable for Business
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-members may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the meeting, from 12.30 onwards.
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Friday, 27 April, 2012 - 09:00 - 17:00
- Keynote Speech by Algirdas Šemeta, European Commissioner responsible for taxation and customs union, audit and anti-fraud
- Emrah Arbak, Researcher, CEPS
- John Vella, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Jing Xing, Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Alfons Weichenrieder, Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Shafik Hebous, Chair of Public Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Giorgia Maffini, Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Simon Loretz, Professor, Oxford University
With steps towards an ever-closer union and emerging proposals to address budgetary concerns, tax policy is perhaps more than ever at the forefront of policy debate in the EU. The impact of fiscal policies on economic growth and stability,...
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Thursday, 26 April, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Robert W. Crandall, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Andrea Renda, Senior Fellow, CEPS
- Eduardo Martínez Rivero, Head of Unit Antitrust Telecoms, DG COMP, European Commission
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-members may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the event, from 12.30 onwards.
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Wednesday, 25 April, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:45
- Ambassador Miriam Sapiro, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Due to unforeseen circumstances independent of our will, this event is canceled.
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Tuesday, 24 April, 2012 - 11:00 - 13:00
- Poul Skytte Christoffersen, Ambassador of Denmark to Belgium
- Derk-Jan Eppink, MEP, Vice-chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group
- Luuk Van Middelaar, Member of the Cabinet of President Van Rompuy
CEPS-EPIN Seminar. Current areas of differentiated integration include economic and monetary union (EMU) and the Schengen Area. But how will differentiated integration look like in the future? To what policy areas can or should it expand? What does future differentiated integration hold for the...
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Thursday, 19 April, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Jean Baptiste de Franssu, CEO, INCIPIT, and Chair of the task force Rethinking Asset Management
- Karel Lannoo, Senior Fellow and CEO, CEPS and ECMI
- Mirzha de Manuel, Researcher, CEPS and ECMI
- Tilman Lueder, Head of Unit, Asset Management, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission
- Prof. Marco Lamandini, University of Bologna, Academic Member of the Board of ECMI
- Nitin Mehta, Managing Director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, CFA Institute
After several months of intense work, CEPS will present on April 19 the final report of its task force 'Rethinking Asset Management'. With the participation of Tilman Lueder, Head of Unit at the European Commission, this event will present the policy recommendations put forward by task...
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Monday, 16 April, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Presentation of the European Commission's Annual Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-member may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be...
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Thursday, 12 April, 2012 - 09:00 - 13:00
- Thomas Broeng Jørgensen, Director, Danish FSA and Co-chairing the CRD/CRR working group
- Adam Farkas, Executive Director, European Banking Authority (EBA)
- Francesco Mazzaferro, Head of Secretariat, European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- Sven Giegold, MEP (Greens/EFA)
- Thierry Philipponnat, Secretary General, Finance Watch
- Stefano Micossi, Director General, Assonime, and Member of the CEPS Board of Directors
- See programme for full list of speakers
This is the first of a series of high-level roundtables organised by the CEPS Financial Institutions Unit on the future of financial regulation in Europe. These will gather researchers, industry experts, and key policy-makers to debate the future design and potential consequences of forthcoming...
Projects
EU Neighbourhood Policy, Justice and Home Affairs, Politics and Institutions
January 2010 - December 2013
Politics and Institutions
April 2010 - December 2010
Politics and Institutions
This unit follows horizontally institutional and political developments in the European Union.
- Piotr Maciej Kaczyński, Research Fellow
- Paul Ivan, Research Assistant
- Peadar ó Broin, Associate Research Fellow
- Marco Incerti, Research Fellow & Head of Communications
Achievements
The Politics and Institutions unit aims to monitor development of the EU institutions and to contribute to the general debate about the future of the EU. It also provides legal expertise to the work of other policy units within CEPS.
In 2010 the main research priority was on the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty as a whole. Kaczyński and ó Broin participated in a joint project with the two other Brussels think tanks, which resulted with a book “Treaty of Lisbon: A Second Look at the Institutional Innovations”. Researchers gave many presentations on the subject to various groups from most EU member countries and beyond. Kaczyński and Incerti presented the study in nine EU member states. Numerous other publications were published on the implementation of the treaty by CEPS and other institutes within the EPIN network.
The second block of research activity was focused on specific elements of the Lisbon institutional set up. In 2010 the focus was on the confusion in EU external representation in international negotiations; the European Citizens’ Initiative; the role of national parliaments in the decision making process and the procedures of further treaty changes. On each of those topics researchers have prepared papers or books.
The unit’s researchers covered also two other areas: i) the new role of the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union and ii) the changed position of the European Parliament in the system.
Through EPIN – the European Policy Institutes Network, which consists of 32 think tanks from 25 countries, including 24 EU member states – the unit actively promotes interaction among citizens and researchers. Since its establishment in 2002, EPIN has proven to be a very useful forum for the exchange of different national views on issues of common European interest, thus bringing together the ideas and concerns from the enlarged European Union. In 2010 there were three EPIN events: in Brussels, Istanbul and Nicosia. In 2011 three other are organised in Brussels, Rome and Bucharest. EPIN also published working papers and commentaries.
Priorities
Under the rules of the Lisbon Treaty, the unit’s research programme is essentially dictated by the set-up of new institutions. The following issues suggest themselves as the main research focus in the upcoming years:
- Implementation and Application of the Treaty of Lisbon
- Functioning of the European Commission in the new institutional set-up
- Functioning of the Council and its rotating presidency;
- Functioning of the European Council
- Functioning of the European Parliament
- Other institutional innovations in the Lisbon Treaty, especially the role of national parliaments; the European Citizens Initiative; the passarelle clause; enhanced cooperation and the new simplified treaty revision procedure.
The research focus in 2011 is threefold. First, CEPS researchers continue to monitor the direct implementation (phasing-out) and application of the Lisbon Treaty rules. Second, they look into further treaty changes. Third, the changing nature of the European politics (beyond the EU formal institutions) will be researched.
This unit also provides extensive visibility to CEPS through the researchers’ media outreach and external speaking engagements.
EPIN and other networks
European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN) is a CEPS-led network of 32 research institutes from almost all EU member states and candidate countries. It is guided by a ‘steering committee’ composed of six member institutes. EPIN provides a platform for researchers and policy analysts to establish personal links, exchange knowledge and collaborate on EU-related issues and consists of. Members bring their national perspectives to bear on the issues tackled and through collaboration, they contribute to establish a 'European added-value' (e.g. on EU communication, flexible integration). For more on the network activities, please see www.epin.org.
CEPS participation in two Ph.D. programs is also coordinated by the unit.