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Dr [[Peter Anderson]], author of the Alcohol In Europe report (2006) commented “The European Policy Centre (EPC) describes itself as ‘an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work’.  Its independence is, of course, ensured by the fact that its prime corporate members and sponsors include [[InBev]], the world’s largest brewer and [[Philip Morris]] International”. <ref> Anderson & Baumberg, [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01713.x Alcohol Policy: Who should sit at the table?] ''Addiction Volume'' 102, No. 2 pp 335-336 (online subscription required)</ref> The final outcome of this process, and other consultations resulted in the launch of the [[European Alcohol and Health Forum]].
 
Dr [[Peter Anderson]], author of the Alcohol In Europe report (2006) commented “The European Policy Centre (EPC) describes itself as ‘an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work’.  Its independence is, of course, ensured by the fact that its prime corporate members and sponsors include [[InBev]], the world’s largest brewer and [[Philip Morris]] International”. <ref> Anderson & Baumberg, [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01713.x Alcohol Policy: Who should sit at the table?] ''Addiction Volume'' 102, No. 2 pp 335-336 (online subscription required)</ref> The final outcome of this process, and other consultations resulted in the launch of the [[European Alcohol and Health Forum]].
  
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==People==
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===Advisory council Circa 2011===
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
===Advisory council===
 
===Advisory council===
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*[[Peter Sutherland]] (President); Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc
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*[[Peter Sutherland]] (President); Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc  
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*Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, [[John Kerr]] (Vice-President) Former UK Ambassador to the EU
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*[[Erika Mann]] (Vice-President) Senior Fellow, [[Atlantic Council]]; former Member of  European Parliament
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*[[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc
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*[[Leszek Balcerowicz]] Former Chairman of the [[National Bank of Poland]]
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*[[Jaimini Bhagwati]] Ambassador, Embassy of India to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg & The Mission of India to the European Union
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*[[Hans Blix]] Chairman, [[Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission]]
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*[[Olivier Boutellis-Taft]] Chief Executive, [[Federation of European Accountants]]
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*[[Vladimir Chizhov]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the European Communities
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*[[Philippe de Buck]] Director General, [[BUSINESSEUROPE]]
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*[[Andrew Duff]] Member of the [[European Parliament]]
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*[[Pal Dunay]] Director, [[Teleki Laslo Institute]], Budapest
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*[[Jan Eliasson]] Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden and President of the [[United Nations General Assembly]]
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*[[José Gregório Faria]] Special Adviser, [[Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian]]
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*[[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]]
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*[[Hanns Glatz]] Partner, [[CNC]] - Communications & Network Consulting AG
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*[[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) Member of [[European Parliament]] President of European Movement in France
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*[[Rolf Gustavsson]] Correspondent, [[Svenska Dagbladet]]
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*[[Ross Hornby]] Ambassador, Canadian Mission to the European Union
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*[[Danuta Maria Hübner]] Member of the [[European Parliament]]; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
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*[[Hywel Ceri Jones]] Former Chairman of the [[European Policy Centre]], Director of the [[Network of European Foundations]] (NEF)
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*[[Jan Karlsson]] Former Minister for Migration and Development Cooperation; former Co-Chair of the Global Commission for International Migration
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*[[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund]] of the United States
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*[[Gerald Knaus]] President of the Executive Board, [[European Stability Institute]]
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*[[Joost Lagendijk]] Senior Adviser, [[Istanbul Policy Center]]
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*[[Allan Larsson]] Former [[European Commission]] Director-General for DG Employment
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*[[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
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*[[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]]
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*[[Alan Mayhew]] Jean Monnet Professor and Professorial Fellow, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex
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*[[Rory Montgomery]] Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union
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*[[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]]
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*[[Rainer Mûnz]] Head of Research & Development, [[Erste Bank]]
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*[[Jan Niessen]] Director, [[Migration Policy Group ]]
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*[[Dáithí O'Ceallaigh]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin
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*[[Dick Oosting]] Chief Executive Officer, [[European Council of Foreign Relations]]
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*[[John Palmer]] Former Political Director, [[European Policy Centre]]
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*[[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]]
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*[[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] Former President of the Party of European Socialists, European Parliament 
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*[[Scott C Ratzan]] Vice President, Global Health, [[Johnson & Johnson]]
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*[[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force
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*[[Eberhard Sandschneider]] [[Otto-Wolff]]-Director, Research Institute, [[German Council on Foreign Relations]]
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*[[André Sapir]] Professor of Economics, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
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*[[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw
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*[[Jacek Saryusz-Wolski]] Chairman of European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
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*[[Wolfgang Schüssel]] Former Federal Chancellor of Austria
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*[[Peter Semneby]] Former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
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*[[Jamie Shea]] Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, [[NATO]]
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*[[Larry Stone]] President Group Public and Government Affairs, [[BT]]
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*[[Ingmar Streese]] Head of Public Affairs Europe, [[Mars]], [[Public Affairs Europe]]
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*[[Rita Süssmuth]] President, [[German Bundestag]]
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*[[Pavel Swieboda]] President, [[demosEUROPA]] – [[Centre for European Strategy]]
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*[[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]]
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*[[François Trémeaud]] Former Executive Director, [[International Labour Organization]]
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*[[Loukas Tsoukalis]] President, [[Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy]]
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*[[John Vassallo]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA
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*[[Antonio Vitorino]] Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
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*[[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence, School of Economics and Political Science [[London School of Economics]]
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*[[Graham Watson]] Member of the European Parliament
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*[[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
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'''Former Advisory Council Members'''
 
*[[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President); Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence
 
*[[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President); Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence
 
*[[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy
 
*[[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy
 
*[[Antonio Vitorino]] (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
 
*[[Antonio Vitorino]] (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
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*[[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc
 
 
*[[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated
 
*[[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated
 
*[[Antony Burgmans]] Chairman of [[Unilever]] NV; Vice-Chairman of Unilever plc
 
*[[Antony Burgmans]] Chairman of [[Unilever]] NV; Vice-Chairman of Unilever plc
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*[[Alan Dukes]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin
 
*[[Alan Dukes]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin
 
*[[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]]
 
*[[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]]
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*[[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]]
 
 
*[[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary, [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]]
 
*[[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary, [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]]
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*[[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels)
 
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*[[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund]] of the United States
 
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*[[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
 
 
*[[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office
 
*[[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office
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*[[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]]
 
 
*[[Rory Macmillan]] Director, Government Affairs - EMEA, [[Nike]]
 
*[[Rory Macmillan]] Director, Government Affairs - EMEA, [[Nike]]
 
*[[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]]
 
*[[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]]
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*[[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]]
 
 
*[[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]]
 
*[[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]]
 
*[[Robin Pauley]] President, European Affairs, [[BT]] Group
 
*[[Robin Pauley]] President, European Affairs, [[BT]] Group
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*[[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]]
 
 
*[[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]]
 
*[[Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul]] Secretary-General, [[Notre Europe]]
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*[[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force
 
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*[[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw
 
 
*Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-Executive Director, [[Marks & Spencer]]
 
*Sir [[David Sieff]] Non-Executive Director, [[Marks & Spencer]]
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*[[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]]
 
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*[[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence
 
 
*[[Maja Wessels]] Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]]
 
*[[Maja Wessels]] Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]]
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*[[Monika Wulf-Mathies]] Managing Director Policy and Environment, [[Deutsche Post World Net]]; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
 
  
 
==Membership==
 
==Membership==

Revision as of 21:26, 2 November 2011

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The European Policy Centre (EPC) is a pro-business European think tank, founded in 1996/7. It was formerly known as the Belmont European Policy Centre created in 1991. It is committed to making European integration work and enjoys an influential position within European politics. According to the ECP website its members include companies, professional and business federations, trade unions, diplomatic missions, regional and local bodies, as well as NGOs representing a broad range of civil society interests, foundations, international and religious organisations.[1] The EPC defines its mission as "contributing to the construction of Europe", and to achieve this it "encourages a debate among all significant interest groups and channels the results to policy-makers". It makes no secret of placing "special emphasis on strengthening the interface of government with business". [2] The EPC is one of the most prominent EU think tanks it relies on corporate funding and EPC spokespeople often appear in the media as neutral commentators. [3]

The European Policy Centre is based in Résidence Palace 155 rue de la Loi Brussels, a formerly a luxury apartment block that now contains offices for media organisations, think tanks including Lisbon Council and the journo-lobbying website TechCentralStation that Corporate Europe Observatory describes as "an aggressive US journo-lobbying website funded by companies like Microsoft, Exxon and McDonalds. The website www.Tech CentralStation.be is full of the kind of furious attacks on environmental and social legislation that are more commonly associated with radio talkshows from the US mid-west". [4] The EPC makes no secret of its pro business stance "We are action oriented and we believe that business must be more involved in public policies."[5]

History

The Centre, as the EPC calls itself, was established in January 1997 by a trio of prominent public affairs people, Stanley Crossick, godfather of Brussels lobbying; Max Kohnstamm, former vice president of the Jean Monnet Action Committee; and John Palmer, former European editor of The Guardian. In 1991 Crossick, Kohnstamm and Palmer had founded the Belmont European Policy Centre, which was the predecessor of the EPC.

The EPC's bias towards industry is well reflected in the composition of its advisory board, which together with the advisors' team helps the three founders run the Centre, and also in its membership. The Centre claims to include trade unions, but in fact the only representative is Emilio Gabaglio, secretary-general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), well-known for its constructive approach towards neoliberal European Union policies.

There are no other representatives of 'civil society' involved. However, the board does include six European parliamentarians, five former directors-general and a vice president of the European Commission, journalists from newspapers such as Le Monde and the Financial Times, corporate directors from Philips and Mars, and influential industrialists such as Peter Sutherland (former European commissioner and GATT director and current chairman of British Petroleum and Goldman Sachs International); the former and current ERT secretary generals Keith Richardson [1] and Wim Philippa; UNICE secretary general Dirk Hudig, and Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa from the executive board of the European Central Bank. The EPC enjoys significant financial support from its corporate members such as ABB, BAT, BP, British Telecom and Solvay -- all members of the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT) -- and other large corporations such as Dow, DuPont, Philip Morris and SmithKline Beecham. In exchange, these corporate donors are provided services such as regular contact with decision makers. [2] [3]

EPC: Roundtable on Alcohol Related Harm

Alcohol badge.jpg This article is part of the Spinwatch public health oriented Alcohol Portal project.

The EPC were asked to chair a series of four meetings intended to‘identify areas of agreement between the stakeholders as to actions that can contribute effectively to the reduction of alcohol-related harm and indicate where and why there is disagreement, and in so doing help create confidence between stakeholders’.[6] The EPC invited a number of industry stakeholders, public health NGOs the European Commission members states and academic experts. The substance of the meetings involved working through 78 issues related to alcohol policy presented by the European Commission in an informal draft of their communication on Alcohol. Each item was graded on the basis of a traffic lights system, green issues were broadly agreeable to all present and 68 of the measures were, to the surprise of health campaigners green. Seven were amber, indicating no overall agreement but that some compromises might be reached. Three were categorised as red issues where the industry simply refused to negotiate. [7]

Dr Peter Anderson, author of the Alcohol In Europe report (2006) commented “The European Policy Centre (EPC) describes itself as ‘an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work’. Its independence is, of course, ensured by the fact that its prime corporate members and sponsors include InBev, the world’s largest brewer and Philip Morris International”. [8] The final outcome of this process, and other consultations resulted in the launch of the European Alcohol and Health Forum.

People

Advisory council Circa 2011

People

Advisory council

Former Advisory Council Members

Membership

Circa 2011

Platinum membership is the highest offered by the EPC, however it appears that you are unable to pay for platinum level entry. Subscription charges are for one year’s membership. Gold membership is open to large multi-national businesses and costs €10, 000 per annum; silver membership is open to medium sized businesses and costs €5, 000 each year, while bronze membership is open to small businesses and costs €2,500. Professional and Business association membership costs€1 000. Foundations and Religious organisations can subscribe for €500. Diplomatic Representations are open to missions, embassies and permanent representations the subscription cost ranges between €500 and €1 250. For Inter-Governmental and Governmental Organisations Regional Bodies and Local Authorities subscription costs €1 000 NGOs can join for €500 while Platforms of Non-Governmental Organisations costs slightly more at €1 000. [9]

Members listed on The EPC's Website include:

Resources, Publications, Contact, Notes

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ European Policy Centre, About Us: Mission Statement accessed 1st November 2011
  2. ↑ European Policy Centre, About Us: Mission Statement accessed 1st November 2011
  3. ↑ Corporate Europe Observatory, Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011
  4. ↑ Corporate Europe Observatory, Lobby Planet: Brussels the EU Quarter July 2005, accessed 1st November 2011
  5. ↑ Quoted in "Crossing the Business and Political Divide", by Rory Watson, the European Voice 9-15 July 1998.
  6. ↑ Corporate Europe Observatory, Part One: The European Policy Centre European Think Tank Series, Issue 2, October 1998,
  7. ↑ EPC The EPC Last Accessed July 2007
  8. ↑ Anderson & Baumberg, Alcohol Policy: Who should sit at the table? Addiction Volume 102, No. 2 pp 335-336 (online subscription required)
  9. ↑ European Policy Centre, Benefits & Fees accessed 1st November 2011
  10. ↑ EPC, Our Members accessed 1st November 2011
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