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==EPC in Action== | ==EPC in Action== | ||
| − | Corporate Europe Observatory report: | + | [[Corporate Europe Observatory]] report: |
| − | + | :"We are action oriented and we believe that business must be more involved in public policies." {{ref|note1}} | |
| − | + | The Centre, as the EPC calls itself, was established in January 1997 by the trio of [[Stanley Crossick]], godfather of Brussels lobbying; {{ref|note2}} [[Max Kohnstamm]], former vice president of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; and [[John Palmer]], former European editor of The ''Guardian''. {{ref|note3}} 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". {{ref|note4}} | |
| − | + | The EPC's bias towards industry is well reflected not only in the composition of its advisory board, which together with the advisors' team helps the three founders run the Centre, but 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]] {{ref|note5}} 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. {{ref|note6}} {{ref|CEO}} | |
==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | *[[Peter Sutherland]] (President) Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman of BP plc | + | |
| − | Max Kohnstamm (Honorary President) | + | *[[Peter Sutherland]] (President); Chairman, [[Goldman Sachs]] International; Chairman of [[BP]] plc |
| − | Former Vice-President of the Jean Monnet Action Committee; former President of the European University Institute, Florence | + | |
| − | Karel Van Miert (Vice-President) | + | *[[Max Kohnstamm]] (Honorary President); Former Vice-President of the [[Jean Monnet Action Committee]]; former President of the [[European University Institute]], Florence |
| − | Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy | + | |
| − | Antonio Vitorino (Vice-President) | + | *[[Karel Van Miert]] (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Competition Policy |
| − | Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs | + | |
| − | David Arkless | + | *[[Antonio Vitorino]] (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs |
| − | Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Manpower Inc | + | |
| − | Stephen Badger | + | *[[David Arkless]] Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, [[Manpower]] Inc |
| − | Vice-President, Mars Incorporated | + | |
| − | Antony Burgmans | + | *[[Stephen Badger]] Vice-President, [[Mars]] Incorporated |
| − | Chairman of Unilever NV; Vice-Chairman of Unilever plc | + | |
| − | HE Dipak Chatterjee | + | *[[Antony Burgmans]] Chairman of [[Unilever]] NV; Vice-Chairman of Unilever plc |
| − | Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union | + | |
| − | Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent | + | *HE [[Dipak Chatterjee]] Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union |
| − | Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU | + | |
| − | Stéphane Ducable | + | *[[Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent]] Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU |
| − | Director of | + | |
| − | Alan Dukes | + | *[[Stéphane Ducable]] Director of External Affairs, [[Microsoft]] EMEA |
| − | Director General, Institute of European Affairs, Dublin | + | |
| − | Gareth Evans | + | *[[Alan Dukes]] Director General, [[Institute of European Affairs]], Dublin |
| − | President, International Crisis Group | + | |
| − | Piero Gastaldo | + | *[[Gareth Evans]] President, [[International Crisis Group]] |
| − | Secretary General, Compagnia di San Paolo | + | |
| − | Xavier Gizard | + | *[[Piero Gastaldo]] Secretary General, [[Compagnia di San Paolo]] |
| − | General Secretary, Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe | + | |
| − | Sylvie Goulard | + | *[[Xavier Gizard]] General Secretary, [[Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe]] |
| − | Associated Research Fellow at CERI (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) | + | |
| − | Craig Kennedy | + | *[[Sylvie Goulard]] Associated Research Fellow at [[CERI]] (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels) |
| − | President, German Marshall Fund of the United States | + | |
| − | Erkki Liikanen | + | *[[Craig Kennedy]] President, [[German Marshall Fund]] of the United States |
| − | Chairman of the Board, Finland's Bank; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | + | |
| − | Tony Long | + | *[[Erkki Liikanen]] Chairman of the Board, [[Finland's Bank]]; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society |
| − | Director, WWF European Policy Office | + | |
| − | Donald MacInnes | + | *[[Tony Long]] Director, [[WWF]] European Policy Office |
| − | Chief Executive, Scotland Europa | + | |
| − | Rory Macmillan | + | *[[Donald MacInnes]] Chief Executive, [[Scotland Europa]] |
| − | Director, Government Affairs - EMEA, Nike | + | |
| − | Erika Mann | + | *[[Rory Macmillan]] Director, Government Affairs - EMEA, [[Nike]] |
| − | Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of Transatlantic Policy Network | + | |
| − | John Monks | + | *[[Erika Mann]] Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of [[Transatlantic Policy Network]] |
| − | Secretary-General of European Trade Union Confederation | + | |
| − | Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa | + | *[[John Monks]] Secretary-General of [[European Trade Union Confederation]] |
| − | Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank | + | |
| + | *[[Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa]] Former Member of the Executive Board, [[European Central Bank]] | ||
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*[[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]] | *[[Wim Philippa]] Secretary-General, [[European Round Table of Industrialists]] | ||
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*[[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 | *[[Maria João Rodrigues]] Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force | ||
| − | *[[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, Foundation for Economic Education, Warsaw | + | |
| + | *[[Witold Sartorius]] Co-ordinator of Programmes, [[Foundation for Economic Education]], Warsaw | ||
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*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]] | *[[Luc Tayart de Borms]] Managing Director, [[King Baudouin Foundation]] | ||
| − | *[[Helen Wallace]] | + | |
| − | Director, European University Institute, Florence | + | *[[Helen Wallace]] Director, [[European University Institute]], Florence |
| − | Maja Wessels | + | |
| − | Senior Vice-President Government Relations, Honeywell | + | *[[Maja Wessels]] Senior Vice-President Government Relations, [[Honeywell]] |
| − | Monika Wulf-Mathies | + | |
| − | Managing Director Policy and Environment, Deutsche Post World Net; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy | + | *[[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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| − | #{{note|note1}} | + | ==Notes== |
| − | #{{note|note2}} | + | |
| − | #{{note|note3}} | + | #{{note|note1}} Quoted in "Crossing the Business and Political Divide", by Rory Watson, the European Voice 9-15 July 1998. |
| − | #{{note|note4}} | + | #{{note|note2}} Mr. Crossick, a British corporate lawyer who set up his lobby firm in Brussels in 1977, managed to add to the Maastricht treaty a 68-word paragraph worth US$1 to $2 billion per word in savings to the European pension industry. Without these words, pension funds could have been forced to equalize the pension payments they had made to men and women since 1957. Source: "EU: The Brussels Lobbyists and the Struggle for Ear-Time", by Charlemagne, The Economist, 14 July 1998. | |
| − | #{{note|note5}} | + | #{{note|note3}} Crossick, Kohnstamm and Palmer had earlier, in 1991, founded the Belmont European Policy Centre, which was the predecessor of the EPC. |
| − | #{{note|note6}} | + | #{{note|note4}} Web page: <http://www.europeanpolicycenter.com>. |
| + | #{{note|note5}} Keith Richardson is also special advisor to the Centre. Other advisors include Julian Oliver, former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee. | ||
| + | #{{note|note6}} Corporate members are divided into four contribution categories: bronze, silver, gold and platinum corresponding to annual 2,500, 5,000, 10,000 and 100,000 Ecu donations. Only founders are considered platinum, Mark & Spencer and Mars. | ||
#{{note|CEO}} CEO [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer2/epc.html Part One: The European Policy Centre] EUROPEAN THINK TANK SERIES, corporate Europe Observer, Issue 2, October 1998 | #{{note|CEO}} CEO [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer2/epc.html Part One: The European Policy Centre] EUROPEAN THINK TANK SERIES, corporate Europe Observer, Issue 2, October 1998 | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 25 July 2007
EPC in Action
Corporate Europe Observatory report:
- "We are action oriented and we believe that business must be more involved in public policies." [1]
The Centre, as the EPC calls itself, was established in January 1997 by the trio of Stanley Crossick, godfather of Brussels lobbying; [2] Max Kohnstamm, former vice president of the Jean Monnet Action Committee; and John Palmer, former European editor of The Guardian. [3] 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". [4]
The EPC's bias towards industry is well reflected not only in the composition of its advisory board, which together with the advisors' team helps the three founders run the Centre, but 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 [5] 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. [6] [7]
People
- Peter Sutherland (President); Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman of BP plc
- 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
- Antonio Vitorino (Vice-President); Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs
- David Arkless Senior Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Manpower Inc
- Stephen Badger Vice-President, Mars Incorporated
- Antony Burgmans Chairman of Unilever NV; Vice-Chairman of Unilever plc
- HE Dipak Chatterjee Ambassador of India to Belgium and Luxembourg and to the European Union
- Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent Former Permanent Representative of Belgium to the EU
- Stéphane Ducable Director of External Affairs, Microsoft EMEA
- Alan Dukes Director General, Institute of European Affairs, Dublin
- Gareth Evans President, International Crisis Group
- Piero Gastaldo Secretary General, Compagnia di San Paolo
- Xavier Gizard General Secretary, Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe
- Sylvie Goulard Associated Research Fellow at CERI (Paris); Teacher at Sciences Po (Paris) and College of Europe (Brussels)
- Craig Kennedy President, German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Erkki Liikanen Chairman of the Board, Finland's Bank; former European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
- Donald MacInnes Chief Executive, Scotland Europa
- Rory Macmillan Director, Government Affairs - EMEA, Nike
- Erika Mann Member of the European Parliament; Chair of Management Committee of Transatlantic Policy Network
- John Monks Secretary-General of European Trade Union Confederation
- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Robin Pauley President, European Affairs, BT Group
- Wim Philippa Secretary-General, European Round Table of Industrialists
- Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Secretary-General, Notre Europe
- Maria João Rodrigues Professor of Economics at the University of Lisbon, Member of the European Employment Task Force
- Witold Sartorius Co-ordinator of Programmes, Foundation for Economic Education, Warsaw
- Sir David Sieff Non-Executive Director, Marks & Spencer
- Luc Tayart de Borms Managing Director, King Baudouin Foundation
- Helen Wallace Director, European University Institute, Florence
- Maja Wessels Senior Vice-President Government Relations, Honeywell
- Monika Wulf-Mathies Managing Director Policy and Environment, Deutsche Post World Net; Adviser to Germany's Chancellor; former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Notes
- ^ Quoted in "Crossing the Business and Political Divide", by Rory Watson, the European Voice 9-15 July 1998.
- ^ Mr. Crossick, a British corporate lawyer who set up his lobby firm in Brussels in 1977, managed to add to the Maastricht treaty a 68-word paragraph worth US$1 to $2 billion per word in savings to the European pension industry. Without these words, pension funds could have been forced to equalize the pension payments they had made to men and women since 1957. Source: "EU: The Brussels Lobbyists and the Struggle for Ear-Time", by Charlemagne, The Economist, 14 July 1998. |
- ^ Crossick, Kohnstamm and Palmer had earlier, in 1991, founded the Belmont European Policy Centre, which was the predecessor of the EPC.
- ^ Web page: <http://www.europeanpolicycenter.com>.
- ^ Keith Richardson is also special advisor to the Centre. Other advisors include Julian Oliver, former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee.
- ^ Corporate members are divided into four contribution categories: bronze, silver, gold and platinum corresponding to annual 2,500, 5,000, 10,000 and 100,000 Ecu donations. Only founders are considered platinum, Mark & Spencer and Mars.
- ^ CEO Part One: The European Policy Centre EUROPEAN THINK TANK SERIES, corporate Europe Observer, Issue 2, October 1998
